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El Cajon council declares emergency, authorizes staff to repair sinkhole near home
Summary
In a March 2025 special meeting the El Cajon City Council unanimously declared a local emergency and authorized staff to proceed with repairs after a sinkhole formed at 842 Brockton Street; staff estimated trench-and-replace at about $400,000 while directional boring could reach $700,000.
The El Cajon City Council in a March 2025 special session declared a local emergency and unanimously authorized city staff to move forward with repairs after a sinkhole formed at 842 Brockton Street, Public Works Director Dave Richards told council members.
Dave Richards said staff "first received reports of a sinkhole at 842 Brockton Street on March 17, about 10AM," and described the hole as roughly 3 feet by 4 feet and about 5 feet deep, located about 5 feet from the house. Richards told the council staff had backfilled and compacted the hole to neutralize immediate hazard but identified a failure in the city's 24-inch stormwater pipe as…
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