On April 29, a sinkhole measuring nearly 600 sq ft opened up on one of the busiest thoroughfares in downtown New Orleans.
Mark Jernigan, director of the New Orleans Department of Public Works, says the city awarded an emergency repair contract last week to Hard Rock Construction in what is estimated to be a $5 million, six-month job. The work will entail repairing and reinforcing collapsed walls of an underground tunnel, backfilling the space and resurfacing the damaged sections of Canal Street.