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DPW gives update on Downtown Baltimore sinkhole situation

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Posted at 7:52 PM, Jul 16, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-17 10:24:42-04

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Department of Public Works has given an update regarding the Howard and Pratt Street sinkhole.

According to DPW, they will be prepping for work that will provide a more safe and stable construction area.

Our goal is to begin opening some traffic lanes on Howard and Pratt by end of next week. https://t.co/jUzmc7Px8a

— BaltimoreDPW (@BaltimoreDPW) July 16, 2019

A DOT worker was sent to University of Maryland Shock Trauma after a fire and partial collapse while working underground last week. A man was doing electrical work in one of the vaults by Pratt and Howard streets when a fire broke out and the tunnel began to collapse.

READ MORE: DOT worker sent to Shock Trauma after underground tunnel collapse