Palm Beach County crews have made repairs to a collapsing section of Brooklyn Lane in Lake Worth Beach, the only way in and out of the neighborhood for residents there. WPTV traffic reporter Johann Hoffend, who first spoke with residents in August, said the work followed months of complaints.
Residents told Hoffend the deteriorating road was getting worse and could eventually become impassable. One neighbor said a car bottoms out when driving through the damaged stretch. Others said past patches did not last.
After recent heavy rains, Hoffend returned to the street and found the hole had grown larger and deeper. Residents believed the bigger problem was a drainage pipe beneath the roadway. Within 24 hours of his visit, the road was patched and the pipe was assessed.
The county went further. Crews removed water from the pipe and filled a section beneath the roadway with concrete, according to the report, rather than placing another patch on the surface.
Neighbors see the latest work as progress. Hoffend said he will keep following the repairs to see whether they hold up over time.
