Northwood Avenue Closed Again

Northwood Avenue in Palmer Township is closed again. But it's not what you think this time.

Palmer Police Chief Larry Palmer said Monday morning that the road is shut due to the installation of a new water main.

The road has been plagued by sinkhole problems for the past few months, about three times in a month.

In late May, two weeks after Northwood Avenue in Palmer Township was shut by a sinkhole, another one opened up, this time swallowing part of a Lowe's truck, authorities said.

Sinkholes that shut Northwood Avenue, the key road connecting Forks Township to Palmer and Lower Nazareth townships, happened in early April and returned in early May as well.

The road was closed on a Thursday in early April due to a water main break that caused two sinkholes. Crews from Easton Suburban Water Authority worked around the clock to fix and fill the sinkholes and get the road reopened three days later.

There is no timetable as to when the road will be reopened again.