Parts Of Toronto’s Yonge Street Are Closed From Possible Sinkhole & 'Delays Are Expected'
Your morning commute might have to be re-adjusted.
Some people think a bad cup of coffee is a rough way to start the day, but what about a sinkhole with "pooling water" in the middle of your commute?
Toronto Police Operations tweeted out at 12:28 a.m. Thursday morning that a water main reportedly broke at Yonge and Church Street and officers found water pooling and a possible sinkhole on scene.
HAZARD:
Yonge St & Church St
- reports of a water main break
- police o/s
- officers advised water pooling on Yonge St, possible sink hole
- @CityofToronto o/s
ROAD CLOSURE: Yonge St closed from Aylmer Ave to Church St
- @TTCnotices advised
- expect delays#GO31327
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 6, 2022
Yonge Street from Aylmer Avenue to Church Street is closed according to Toronto Police Operations, and TTC Transit Control has been notified.
So if you were planning on driving through or taking transit down that section of Yonge Street today, you can probably "expect delays."
TTC Service Alerts tweeted at 1:34 a.m. that at 320 Yonge Street, detours would be put in place and confirmed that "emergency sink hole repairs" were underway.
320 Yonge: Detour via Belmont St and Davenport Rd due to emergency sink hole repairs.
— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) January 6, 2022
"320 Yonge: Detour via Belmont St and Davenport Rd due to emergency sink hole repairs," reads the tweet.
Toronto is no stranger to issues caused by main water breaks – especially ones that cause delays.
In 2020, a main water break caused the King and Church Street intersection to flood with about a foot of water which had a less than favourable effect on transit.
Streetcars were rerouted due to the flooding, and delays were expected in the area.
In the same year outside of Toronto in Ajax, a water main broke in December at Old Kingston Road, causing the intersection to close as water pooled out of the sidewalk and into the street.