The city of Detroit has confirmed the cause of a road buckling incident in September that confounded experts: weak ground combined with heavy storage nearby. Ground at Fort and Dearborn streets in southwest Detroit rose 8 feet to create two mounds above street level on Sept. 11, breaking up roadway…
The weight of materials stored in the area and the ground not being strong enough to hold it led to the rapid swell, Detroit s Chief Operating Officer Hakim Berry said in a statement on Monday.