Wellington stormwater pipe break causes sinkhole
Crews have been working overnight to patch up a two-metre-deep sinkhole in central Wellington. Two lanes on Jervois Quay were closed after the sinkhole was discovered, and council workers uncovered a broken stormwater pipe from the early 1900s. That follows a burst water main on Aro Street and a broken wastewater pipe at the intersection of Victoria and Mercer Streets in recent weeks. Tom Williams is Wellington City Council's chief infrastructure officer.