Second time this year: Water main leak opens sinkhole on Southwest Trafficway

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A sinkhole is slowing traffic on Southwest Trafficway in Midtown, just blocks from the site of another sinkhole that shut down the road for days in August.

A water main leak caused the sinkhole in the southbound lanes of Southwest Trafficway near 37th Street on Thursday morning, according to a Kansas City spokesperson.

The middle and right lanes of southbound Southwest Trafficway are closed while crews make repairs. The left lane remains open to traffic, the city said…

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