{"id":802155,"date":"2026-07-14T21:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802155\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:45:13","slug":"epcor-working-to-repair-sinkhole-in-lauderdale-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802155\/","title":{"rendered":"EPCOR working to repair sinkhole in Lauderdale community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EPCOR says it is working to repair a sinkhole in Edmonton\u2019s Lauderdale community.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of the sinkhole started coming in on Saturday, July 11, and EPCOR said they quickly acted to secure the area for public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Since the sinkhole was secured, it has reportedly grown, but the situation is being monitored while officials work on a repair strategy.<\/p>\n<p>EPCOR says they are looking to start repairing a large pipe that conveys flows to Edmonton\u2019s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant, before the road can be repaired and reopened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first step will see us deploy equipment to re-route these flows to maintain reliable service for our customers and enable the safe repair of the pipe below ground. Once the repair is complete, the roadway will reopen,\u201d said EPCOR in a statement to CityNews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the timeline is not yet known, we\u00a0will continue updating\u00a0the community\u00a0and appreciate\u00a0their\u00a0ongoing support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EPCOR says it is working to repair a sinkhole in Edmonton\u2019s Lauderdale community. Reports of the sinkhole started&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-802155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}