Contractor who caused Houston street hole to be cited, public works says
The City of Houston Public Works Department told ABC13 on Wednesday that the hole was not a pothole, rather one created by an unpermitted company called "We Excavate Texas" that was working on houses on nearby Drew Street.
"I went into the hole, and I was up to my waist," Ed Pettitt, the Third Ward resident who posted that photo last weekend, said. "I'm 6 feet.""They said it had been like that for over a week," Pettitt said. "I couldn't get out," Ron Emmanuel, who drove into the hole last Thursday, said. "I had to get my neighbor to push me out."
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