ASBURY PARK, NJ – Earlier this week a large sinkhole opened up on the beach at Asbury Park above what appeared to be a leaking sewer drain pipe leading to the Atlantic Ocean. Public works quickly filled it in, but hours later, another one formed. Then another.
Officials are warning beachgoers to use caution in the area between Asbury Park and Ocean Grove near the casino.
Today, officials cordoned off a large sinkhole that was about ten feet deep and about ten feet wide.
A faulty outlet pipe is being blamed for the sinkholes. Sinkholes at the Jersey Shore often appear after heavy periods of rain and around faulty sewer outlets along the shore.
Over the summer, a teen was killed in Ortley Beach when a sinkhole swallowed him and his sister.
City officials have not yet made any public statements regarding the sinkholes in Asbury Park. The sinkholes were all in the same vicinity as the faulty sewer line.