Analytics, Latvia, Legislation, Transport
International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analytics
Saturday, 30.03.2024, 02:29
Two cars fall into sinkholes on Gertrudes Street in Riga
At 10:32 this morning, police were called to 14 Gertrudes Street where two autos - a BMW and a Mercedes Benz - had broken through the cobbled street surfacing.
The Mercedes Benz managed to get out of the hole on its own, but the other vehicle had to be pulled out with the help of special equipment. Nobody was harmed in the accident. The Gertrudes Street section between Brivibas Street and Terbatas Street has been closed to traffic at the moment.
As LETA found out, the street surfacing caved in during hydraulic tests that are being carried out in a vast territory on the right side of the River Daugava.
"The heating mains are tested by increasing pressure, and this time a pipe burst resulting in a washout. These particular heating mains have been constructed back in 1963 and have reached the end of their service life," said Linda Rence, a spokeswoman for Rigas Siltums municipal heating company.
A section of Gertrudes Street in Riga that was temporarily closed to traffic today after two motor vehicles fell into sinkholes has now reopened, LETA was told at the State Police.
Gertrudes Street is open to traffic in both directions but motor vehicles are being diverted on one lane only.
Rigas Siltums is expected to compensate the losses caused by the accident.
- 28.01.2022 BONO aims at a billion!
- 25.01.2021 Как банкиры 90-х делили «золотую милю» в Юрмале
- 30.12.2020 Накануне 25-летия Балтийский курс/The Baltic Course уходит с рынка деловых СМИ
- 30.12.2020 On the verge of its 25th anniversary, The Baltic Course leaves business media market
- 30.12.2020 Business Education Plus предлагает анонсы бизнес-обучений в январе-феврале 2021 года
- 30.12.2020 Hotels showing strong interest in providing self-isolation service
- 30.12.2020 EU to buy additional 100 mln doses of coronavirus vaccine
- 30.12.2020 ЕС закупит 100 млн. дополнительных доз вакцины Biontech и Pfizer
- 29.12.2020 В Rietumu и в этот раз создали особые праздничные открытки и календари 2021
- 29.12.2020 Latvia to impose curfew, state of emergency to be extended until February 7