Massive sinkhole opens up on top of M4 Westconnex in Sydney on Lucas Road, Five Dock

A massive sinkhole opens up on one of Sydney’s busiest highways as gushing water destroys the road’s foundation

  • Huge sinkhole halts traffic directly over the M4 tunnel in Sydney
  • The 10m wide hole stretched across Lucas Road at Five Dock in the inner west of the city.
  • It occurs when a wet weather system hits the east coast of Australia.

A huge sinkhole has brought traffic to a standstill, causing commuter chaos in Sydney.

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The 10m wide hole stretched along Lucas Road, directly over the M4 tunnel at Five Dock in Sydney’s inner west, on Wednesday night with water pouring from the site.

Fire and Rescue NSW said the cause was a broken water pipe under the road.

Despite the worrying hole, the M4 Westconnex remains open.

A huge sinkhole has stopped traffic directly over the M4 tunnel at Five Dock in Sydney's Inner West.

A huge sinkhole has stopped traffic directly over the M4 tunnel at Five Dock in Sydney’s Inner West.

“The drains are supporting the rapid evacuation of this water,” Fire and Rescue Superintendent Adam Dewberry told 9News.

“At the moment, the road is holding together, but it seems that the foundations under the tarmac have been washed away.

“I imagine some big roles will be required at this point.”

Lucas Street residents reported a significant drop in water pressure with a wide exclusion zone in place as a precautionary measure with a continued risk of the hole deepening or widening due to the spurting pump.

Lucas Street residents reported a significant drop in water pressure with an exclusion zone in place as a precautionary measure as the hole deepens and widens.

Lucas Street residents reported a significant drop in water pressure with an exclusion zone in place as a precautionary measure as the hole deepens and widens.

The sinkhole occurs when a series of powerful wet weather systems hit Australia’s east coast.

The system is expected to bring storms to southeastern Australia on Thursday with the heaviest rain hitting coastal New South Wales from Sydney south and across eastern Victoria.

“A band of rain will be concentrated over southern New South Wales and eastern Queensland on Wednesday morning, while showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop across large swathes of eastern Australia,” the Sky meteorologist said. News, Alison Osborne.

“This cold air settling over NSW on Wednesday will destabilize the atmosphere, making the environment very favorable once again for significant storm activity.”

Ms Osborne said there was a risk of ‘supercells’, the most dangerous type of severe storm, which could bring damaging hail the size of golf balls to south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Narramore said southern New South Wales and inland parts of East Gippsland in Victoria would be hit by heavier rains with his focus on a developing weather system in Western Australia, which will bring even heavier declines to the state this week. and on the weekend.

Narramore said the same system would bring widespread showers and thunderstorms to central and eastern parts of Australia by the middle of next week.

“That is a cause for concern, particularly for our communities in northern Victoria and in and to the west of the Ranges in NSW,” he said.

“That is likely to lead to further level rises in many of our flooded rivers, streams and creeks.”

“At the moment the road is holding together, but it looks like the foundation under the asphalt has been washed away,” Superintendent Adam Dewsberry said.

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