Evergreen Line construction opens 3rd sinkhole in Port Moody

Construction of the Evergreen rapid transit linehas opened up a third sinkhole in the streets of Port Moody, B.C., officials have confirmed.

The newest sinkholeforced the closure of the southbound lane on Clark DrivenearSeaviewDrive.

Amanda Farrell,the executive project director for the Evergreen Line Project, saidthe hole opened up whilethe tunnel-boring machine wasundergoing maintenance.

"The size of it is about six metres by sixmetres and possibly fivemetres deep. Crews are still assessing that," she said.

Crews are expected to continue working to fix it this morning, but it remains unclear how long that work will take, said Farrell.

"Ishould have that information in the next day or so," said Farrell.

Thefirst of the two sinkholesopened in the parking lot of a building on Chateau Place last fall, and a second appeared on Cecile Drive on Jan. 2.

Residentshave also raised concernsabout cracks appearing in the walls of their homes, noise, vibrations, road closures, parking and what happens if there are problems after construction is completed.