It’s a massive hole in Lincoln Park and it’s only getting bigger. We first heard about it when it swallowed a car. But 12 weeks later, CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza is asking why it hasn’t been repaired.

Good afternoon I'm Erica Sergeant great To have you with us I'm Joe donlin only On two it is a massive hole in Lincoln Park and it's only getting bigger we First heard about it when we heard it Had swallowed a car 12 Weeks Later our Sabrina Franza is asking why it hasn't Been repaired We first told you about this in October And now it's January still it sits wide Open a massive hole in the middle of Lincoln Park the neighbors that have to Drive through and pass by every day say They're more Fed Up than this hole is Deep At first glance it's a normal alley but Once you see this you can't unsee it It's an eyesore never seen anything like This before kind of ridiculous to me I Don't know even what to say almost three Months ago a car almost fell into that Hole we uncovered it was an old Forgotten basement with not soon to be Forgotten consequences I personally feel Like it's gotten worse this neighbor Called us back to find out why the hole Was never filled he asked us not to show His face there are dumpsters over there Are always constantly overflowing and Because of that raccoons are coming They're hanging out in the ditch we met Jamie Lundy on her way home she drives Through this alley every day worried That another part of it could collapse

The inspection is I think a top priority Obviously we don't want this to happen Again the owner of the property Steve Fifield told us that they would inspect Months ago this was then if you've got To be proactive and that's what we're Doing today he didn't answer our calls Just the weight of itself if it Collapses in on itself it could have Affect the neighbors to the North and The South engineering expert May Whiteside Williams assessed the hole With us in October now she's concerned Winter weather could play a new role What I am most concerned about is the The pavement that's kind of curving Downward the department of buildings Came by that lot in October the property Owner ordered to fix the hole they Didn't now the city's Law Department is Taking the property owner to court it Needs to be resolved rather quickly Again this is the part that has our Expert most concerned this part of the Concrete that seems to be caving in to This gaping hole here of course we'll Keep you updated as soon as we learn Anything new about whether or not and When this will be fixed we're in Lincoln Park Sabrina France CBS 2 News And CBS 2 investigator Dorothy Tucker Has reported extensively on the city of Chicago citing Property Owners but not Enforcing the rules to see Dorothy's

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