City of Raleigh set to begin project addressing sinkhole woes in Glenwood neighborhood

City of Raleigh Storm Water Program Manager Wayne Miles told WRAL News that the root issue is a nearly 100-year-old pipe.
Posted 3/22/2025, 3:53:42 AM Updated 3/22/2025, 12:58:43 PM

FACING 9 CHARGES INCLUDING

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

THANK YOU, BRIAN. THE CITY OF

RALEIGH'S GOING TO BREAK GROUND

ON A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR

PROJECT.

>> TO ADDRESS SINKHOLES IN THE

GLENWOOD CRESTON NEIGHBORHOOD.

OFFICIALS TELL US THE DRAINAGE

PROBLEM HAS ERODED THE EARTH

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO BE

OURS. REALLY. DAN LEE'S IN THAT

NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT, WILLIE,

THE HOLES ARE VISIBLE ON THE

SURFACE. THIS DAMAGE IS

UNDERGROUND.

>> WILL JOLT? THE SINKHOLES

HAVE APPEARED OVER THE YEARS

THAT EITHER THE CITY OF

RALEIGH, WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL

HOMEOWNER WOULD TAKE CARE OF

THEM ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

BUT NOW THAT THIS HAS BECOME A

PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, THE CITY

OF RALEIGH IS EMBARKING ON A

PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AT

LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF TO

COMPLETE.

THE GLENN WOOD CREST, A

NEIGHBORHOOD IN RALEIGH.

A BEAUTIFUL AREA, BUT A

DRAINAGE ISSUE CAUSING

SINKHOLES HAS BEEN A PROBLEM

FOR THE COMMUNITY. PROBABLY 4

OR 5 YEARS AGO. IT STARTED

GETTING TO THE POINT. WHERE

IS THIS?

>> THIS PIPE REALLY SEEMS LIKE

IT'S STARTING TO GET TO BE A

PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE OVER THE

YEARS. THE PIPE OVERFLOWING HIS

CAUSE SINKHOLES TO APPEAR IN

YARDS, SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS.

YOU COULD HAVE KIDS PLAYING IN

YOUR FRONT YARD AND YET THAT

WOULD NOT BE GOOD TO SOLVE THE

PROBLEM. THE CITY IS EMBARKING

ON A 4.7 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT

TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE

DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

>> MILES TELLS ME BECAUSE THE

PIPE RUNS UNDER SEVERAL HOMES.

TYPICALLY IT WILL BE THE

HOMEOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT NOW THAT IT'S BECOME A

PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, THE CITY

OF RALEIGH IS TAKING OVER THE

CITY WILL TAKE OVER

RESPONSIBILITY FROM THIS POINT

FORWARD FOR INSPECTION OF THE

PIPE, MAKING SURE IT'S

PERFORMING WELL. AND THEN ANY

MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED.

>> BETSY NEWMARK TELLS ME IT'S

GREAT TO SEE THE CITY WORKING

TO PRESERVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THAT'S JUST THE TYPE OF

THING. I WANT THE CITY TO BE

DOING TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS

AND THUS A LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M GLAD THEY'LL GET THE

>> AD THAT THEY NEED.

>> NOW, THIS IS NO SMALL

PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IS

SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER,

BUT IT'S NOT SCHEDULED TO END

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