A busy Japanese road has reopened just a week after the ground gave way to a massive sinkhole.
The gigantic hole in downtown Fukuoka, southern Japan, first appeared on November 8, cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city.
The incident prompted a swift response as construction workers immediately began to fill the hole that spanned the five-lane street.
The road was reopened at 5:00am Tuesday local time — just in time for rush hour.
Reconstructing the road was no easy feat — the massive cave-in spanned more than half an Olympic-size pool near the city's busy Hakata station, with muddy underground water flowing into the hole.
Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima, released a statement apologising for the "great trouble" the sinkhole had caused.
He expressed his gratitude to workers for their efforts completing the restoration work "promptly with safety first".
"From now on I will do my utmost to investigate the cause and compensate for the damage," the statement said.
The cause of the collapse in the city's Hakata district had been linked to ongoing subway construction nearby.
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