Mail Online - 2/01/13, By Damian Ghigliotty
- Pennsylvania's state capital Harrisburg is struggling with 41 massive sinkholes running as wide as 50 feet
- The city is too broke to fix them as it deals with ongoing fiscal problems
- It could cost nearly half of Harrisburg's $50 million budget to permanently fix the holes
Other issues: Harrisburg has also been unable to fix a sewage treatment plant that has been dumping toxic waste into the Susquehanna River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
Officials in Pennsylvania’s state capital are dealing with an abysmal issue they can’t afford to fix: 41 massive sinkholes throughout the city as wide as 50 feet and as deep as a typical grave.
The mix of loose sandy soil and century-old leaking water pipes under Harrisburg's streets have made the area susceptible to such holes, city officials say.
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