Port Richmond residents seek repair for growing hole on Miller Street – NBC10 Philadelphia

A Port Richmond mother of four says a large, rat-infested hole in the street outside her home has become a growing safety concern for neighborhood, as well as unsuspecting drivers.

The hole is located on the 3300 block of Miller Street. Breanne Rod said she has spent months trying to get the city to permanently repair it and worries someone could be seriously hurt.

“I’m constantly like, ‘watch the hole! Watch the hole!’ It’s scary,” Rod said.

Rod said she first noticed the street buckling in April and submitted a request through the city’s 311 system about three months ago.

After city workers responded, they marked the area and later drilled a small hole to test the ground.

“They went down, they figured out that it was something with the sewer line. They fixed that and they told us that the Streets Department would come out to fix the hole in the street. It’s now been two and a half months, and we have yet to hear anything back,” Rod said.

NBC10 measured the hole at at least 6 feet deep.

Rod said she and her neighbors have placed boards beneath a piece of plywood covering the opening in an effort to make the area safer.

“At this point we have taken matters into our own hands. We’ve put boards underneath the little piece of plywood that the Water Department has put down,” Rod said.

She said she has submitted multiple requests through the 311 app and hopes the city repairs the street before someone is injured.

On Monday, after NBC10 reached out to the City, workers came and put large barriers around the hole. But residents said that is not a permanent solution because now their block is undriveable.

Neighbors also said the City told them Monday that it would likely take at least another week to get the sinkhole fixed.

A spokesperson from the City’s Streets Department told NBC10 that they will continue to coordinate with the Water Department to complete the final sewer repairs and subsequent street restoration.

“I want them to come out and just fix it. I mean, it’s a dangerous highway right now. Safety for the kids. Safety for other pedestrians and cars coming down it,” Rod said.

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.