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SOMETIMES tremors could be felt by residents as train line tunnelling works were carried out in the neighbourhood of Cornwall Gardens Road which is off Holland Road.
Then this morning, residents awoke to a gaping hole in the road.
At 8m by 7m, which is about the size of an HDB flat's room, the hole was 3m deep.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it happened at about 4.45am and occurred above the tunnel boring machine where tunnelling works for Circle Line 4 had been carried out.
The hole was just outside the driveway of one home and LTA is arranging accommodation for the family for a couple of days and have also provided them with a family car.
By around 3pm, the hole was nearly patched up already, with authorities filling the crater with sand.
One resident in the area who only wanted to be known as Mrs Goh had been living in the area for the last six years.
About 1 to 2 months ago, she says tunnelling works had been carried out in the area.
LTA had installed devices in several places in her compound then and monitored it everyday, she was unsure what devices they were but understood it was to monitor the ground.
A tent was even stationed outside her home and a staff was stationed there twenty-four hours everyday.
The homemaker says her son could feel tremors and her windows would rattle as well.
Worried about possible cracking windows or walls, she raised her concerns to LTA but they told her it was safe.
When she learnt about the hole in the road this morning she told her husband: 'I'm so glad that the tunnelling has passed our home and it was not outside our home.'
Cornwall Gardens Road had been temporarily closed to traffic for repair works and the authority has advised the public to avoid the road.
The authority said in a statement that they apologise for any inconvenience caused to motorists and residents in the area.
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