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Sinkhole closes section of Salem Creek Greenway in Winston-Salem

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By April Laissle,

Paul Garber, WFDD Staff

Published September 25, 2024 at 1:30 PM EDT

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The Salem Creek Greenway closure runs from Vargrave Street to Research Parkway. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

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Salem Creek Greenway (in green) is closed between Vargrave Street and Research Parkway until further notice. Image courtesy of the city of Winston-Salem.

Updated 1:30 p.m. 9/25/24

A sinkhole that has developed around a water main break has forced a temporary closure of the Salem Creek Greenway in Winston-Salem.

City officials say the break has not yet been fixed as crews search for a cause, but the pipe has been isolated and is not spewing water. They also say there is no sewer overflow, and the break does not pose a threat to the quality of the creek’s water.

The closure runs from Vargrave Street to Research Parkway and includes a stretch where a train trestle spans overhead.

The greenway is popular among joggers, walkers and cyclists, connecting the Washington Park area with The Quarry at Grant Park and Salem Lake.

City officials say a timeline to re-open the greenway has not been determined.

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April Laissle

April Laissle is a senior reporter and editor at WFDD. Her work has been featured on several national news programs and recognized by the Public Media Journalists Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association. Before joining WFDD in 2019, she worked at public radio stations in Ohio and California.

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Paul Garber

Paul Garber is a Winston-Salem native and an award-winning reporter who began his journalism career with an internship at The High Point Enterprise in 1993. He has previously worked at The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The News and Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal, where he was the newspaper's first full-time multimedia reporter. He won the statewide Media and the Law award in 2000 and has also been recognized for his business, investigative and multimedia reporting. Paul earned a BA from Wake Forest University and has a Master's of Liberal Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in Lewisville.

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Sinkhole closes section of Salem Creek Greenway in Winston-Salem

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