Lane Cove Tunnel collapse

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When you’ve got four helicopters hovering above your house for an hour from 6:30am that’s usually a good sign that something’s wrong.

So imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV to see images of Epping Road, 50 metres from my house in Lane Cove, completely blocked with traffic. A hole about 6 metres wide had opened up underneath the corner of a unit block about 200 metres from my house. Here’s the SMH story.

The unit is close to my bus stop, so I had to walk with my fellow commuters a short distance up to the Pacific Highway, get a different bus, and catch a train to work.

I’ve got just a few questions that need answering given that the tunnel almost runs directly under my house, not too far from where the ground has already given way.

Here are a few pics taken on the camera phone.

On Thursday afternoon it looked like this:

And on Friday while various media reports say they’ve plugged the hole with truckloads of concrete, an amusing document fell into my inbox containing the following words (not the ominous absence of "location, location, location"

“Affordable Living… On the Edge!”

Recently renovated

Large windows 360o views… down

Good airflow – cool all summer!

Open-plan living

Split Level

½ a bathroom

Large basement

Easy access to Lane Cove tunnel

Owners anxious to sell

Hurry, this offer won’t last. Many expressions of interest already!