Mayor Ewing says repairs to 16th street sinkhole will take months once started

Why a giant sinkhole in downtown Omaha is taking so long to get fixed

Six months after a garbage truck plunged into a massive downtown sinkhole, the gaping void in the pavement remains, caught up in a legal dispute involving multiple parties.

Plan to fix downtown Omaha sinkhole takes shape, but it will be months before it's filled

Mayor John Ewing said Thursday he’s committed to getting the sinkhole in downtown Omaha fixed. But he cautioned that even in the best-case scenario, the problem will still take three to six months to fix.

Mayor Ewing says repairs to 16th street sinkhole will take months once started

Three to six months, that is how long Mayor John Ewing Jr. says repairs could take for the 16th Street sinkhole, once all parties agree on repairs and the schedule. Mayor Ewing says it could take 3 to 6 months to repair the sinkhole once all parties agree on the repairs and the schedule. Repairs would start with removing the pavement. Then the excavation and waterproofing of the Regis building's foundation. Ewing says a letter outlining a schedu…