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Sinkhole closes eastbound lanes of Eglinton Ave. at Keele

WATCH ABOVE: Water was shut off to residents and businesses for the second time this year after another sinkhole formed in a Toronto road. Mark McAllister reports.

TORONTO – Several lanes of eastbound Eglinton Ave. are closed Tuesday morning as a result of a large sinkhole.

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Toronto police issued an advisory over Twitter just after 8 a.m. asking motorist to avoid the area east of Keele near Richardson.

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Witnesses indicate the hole is approximately six metres in length.

In March, a sinkhole closed Eglinton Ave. between Kane Ave. and Richardson Ave. after water and soil was found leaking into an emergency tunnel for the Crosstown LRT.

 

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