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Grass Valley’s Sinkhole Is Getting Bigger

Grass Valley’s big sinkhole is getting bigger. Crews are excavating the site off of Freeman Lane, which now finds the Liberty Motors parking lot completely covered with dirt. City Public Works Director Tim Kiser says there are excavators and equipment all over the place…

Listen to Tim Kiser 1

Todd Tripp is one of the owners of the property…

Listen to Todd Tripp

He still hopes to move their business in there in the next few weeks, and still figures they’ll be able to do so. Meanwhile, Kiser says his priority is to get the hillside stabilized before the next major storm moves in, which will likely be Wednesday…

Listen to Tim Kiser 2

Kiser says a lot of people have been crowding the area trying to get a look at the site. He says there’s not much you can see from the road anymore, and recommends you go to the city’s website or to YouTube, where some video has been posted, taken from drones flown over the sinkhole.

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