NDG collapse: more than a pothole
A sinkhole capable of swallowing up a car has opened up on Somerled and Mariette in NDG.
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Ian 07:47 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
If we see an incipient sinkhole, who do we contact? There’s been a small one forming by a manhole on Normanville for a few noths now that seems stable enough, but they alwyas do until they give.
MarcG 08:13 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
The Montreal city app as a specific “Report a pothole” feature but you could also just call 311.
Ian 08:36 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
AH nice, thank you 🙂
dhomas 11:21 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
I’ve reported one close to my house using the Montreal app. They came by the very next day… to put an upside down cone in the hole. 😀 They did get around to fixing it, but the initial response was quite funny to me.
Blork 16:47 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
A pothole and a sinkhole are very different things, so reporting an imminent sinkhole in the pothole app might not get a quick enough response.
A couple of years ago I was up on Beaubien (I think) about a block or two east of St-Laurent, and I saw the telltale signs of a sinkhole forming right at the intersection. It even had water flowing out of the crack in the pavement.
I called 311 I think. It was a weekend, late in the afternoon, and it took a while before I got through to a human. That human appeared to not give AF about what I was saying and was pretty dismissive. But I got them to commit to sending someone to look at it. I didn’t stick around, so I don’t know what ever became of it. No news of cars being lost in a pothole in Little Italy in the following days, so I guess they fixed it.
DeWolf 17:52 on 2025-05-06 Permalink
I called 311 recently for a missing stop sign (it looked like somebody had run it over and then dragged the sign onto the sidewalk). Someone picked up immediately. It was fixed within a day. Definitely worth calling for anything urgent.