Subway Construction Causes Holes, Cracks, and Structural Threats in Sofia

A hole opened on the road in my neighborhood as a result of the underground subway construction. The road is severely damaged, and it looks like the buildings nearby may start cracking as well. There were some attempts to fill the hole, but more holes opened. The sidewalk separated from the road, and there are large cracks over a long distance.

Makes me wonder why is it still permitted for busses to drive near the holes and if the nearby building will need to be evacuated.

UPDATE: the road is fully closed today, all the buses (TM3, TM5, and 73) have alternative routes. Multiple bus stops have been closed. I’m glad the engineers took this seriously.

14 thoughts on “Subway Construction Causes Holes, Cracks, and Structural Threats in Sofia

      1. There’s a level of short-sightedness in infrastructure projects here and there. What looks like cost-cutting today, looks like years of delays and hundreds of millions of extra costs later.

        But these money come from another budget so it’s okay.

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  1. Typical for our country. Nothing really surprises me anymore. Sad you will have to deal with the aftermath now and not have access to this area for God knows how long. I personally would avoid it by the looks of it. A sink hole might open up any moment.

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