BALDWIN HILLS, Calif. (KTLA) — La Cienega Boulevard has been re-opened in Baldwin Park, after it was shut down due to major cracks in the road.
A two-mile stretch of La 
Cienega between Slauson Avenue and Rodeo Road was closed on Tuesday night.
A motorcycle cop went over the road about 9 p.m. and noticed that something wasn’t right.
Upon further investigation, he found that the road had buckled across almost all lanes.
Department of Water and Power crews were immediately called out to the scene.
They worked overnight on a quick fix, and were able to open one southbound lane around 5 a.m. All lanes were re-opened shortly before 7 a.m.
According to DWP officials, there was a water main break there about a month ago that was repaired by crews.
“About a month ago, we’ve got an 8-inch iron-cast pipe underneath the street, and it’s 77 years old and it broke pretty good, enough to undermine the street,” Mike Miller, of the LADWP explained.
“What happens is the asphalt — because it’s a solid street — the asphalt will lift up, but the dirt underneath can wash out, and that’s what caused the buckling here.”
He said the problem was exacerbated by the fact that the temperatures have been very warm during the day and very cold at night.
DWP crews will come back to do a more complete and permanent repair at a later date.
29 Comments to “La Cienega Reopens After Buckled Road Repair”
January 29, 2013 at 10:04 PM
its called 'frac-ing' and theyve been doing it that area. Oil companies, psssssh
January 30, 2013 at 12:35 AM
your write about that take action and try ur best to do something about it
January 30, 2013 at 7:26 AM
inbredd morons says crap like this….rain caused the under road to wash away around the pipe….you you ever knew anything about anything you would know simple physics
January 29, 2013 at 10:09 PM
The entire San Fernando Valley had very slow movement from east to west.
January 29, 2013 at 10:13 PM
WOW! I was driving towards LAX on that road around 7pm ..yikes!
January 29, 2013 at 10:44 PM
One mean speed bump.
January 29, 2013 at 10:56 PM
That started buckling a few weeks ago. I was wondering why is had a sunken area. I'm glad I saw this because I have to go to the airport in the morning. here comes more heavy traffic!
January 30, 2013 at 12:31 AM
this is the results of frackling, yet this is not the worse they are polluting our water system, yet some ppl are worried bout traffic jion me to protest tmrw digitalrico@yahoo.com
January 30, 2013 at 12:33 AM
ours kids future depend on what we do as parents
January 30, 2013 at 12:58 AM
hmmmmmmm, wonder if this is related???????? https://sites.google.com/site/windsorhillsviewpar…
January 30, 2013 at 1:30 AM
it should have been shut down weeks ago when it first happened.
January 30, 2013 at 5:12 AM
That road looks like asphalt.
Also, the headline font looks like it fell out of the layout guy's asphalt.
January 30, 2013 at 5:14 AM
til I saw the check which said $7346, I have faith …that…my best friend was like actually bringing in money parttime on-line.. there sisters roommate haz done this 4 less than 13 months and a short time ago repayed the mortgage on their apartment and got a top of the range Citroën 2CV. we looked here, http://xurl.es/lk1v1
January 30, 2013 at 6:13 AM
Before you pour the asphalt toss those spam machines in the hole. XD Naa Duude!
January 30, 2013 at 7:15 AM
The buckled road on La Cienega has been there for over 3 weeks and only 1 police officer has driven over it and noticed this just last night. Doesn’t say much about our police force! We drive over it 5 days a week and have complained about it since it happened. If your going to fix the problem fix it right!
January 30, 2013 at 8:05 AM
I'm an idiot, and I'm white
January 30, 2013 at 8:36 AM
uptil I looked at the check of $8637, I did not believe …that…my brother was realie receiving money in their spare time at their computer.. there great aunt had bean doing this for under ten months and as of now repayed the depts on there condo and purchased a great Chrysler. I went here, http://xurl.es/1kdpx
January 30, 2013 at 8:36 AM
uptil I looked at the check of $8637, I did not believe …that…my brother was realie receiving money in their spare time at their computer.. there great aunt had bean doing this for under ten months and as of now repayed the depts on there condo and purchased a great Chrysler. I went here, http://xurl.es/1kdpx
January 30, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Is it baldwin hills or baldwin park? last I thought slauson was near baldwin hills
January 30, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Baldwin Hills, probably near Kenny Hahn Park. But we're used to the media mis-naming our locales. They don't care enough to pay attention to the details.
January 30, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Note! Those in the Industry know that the street, LA Cienega, was not appropriately filled to begin with, dirt etc., during the last repairs and now we have this issue. And we are wasting our tax dollars on incompetence, do it right the first time. And most of LA people have no clue and believe what is said on the news. And yes, that street has been buckling for quite a while, about time someone spoke up. Or may I say, wait long enough to report to cover up the in inadequate repair and have an excuse to tell the public.
January 30, 2013 at 10:41 AM
before I looked at the draft of $5131, I accept …that…my best friend truly earning money part-time on their computer.. there uncles cousin has been doing this 4 only 23 months and just paid for the mortgage on their condo and got a great Citroën 2CV. read more at, http://xurl.es/luvy3
January 30, 2013 at 11:24 AM
BALDWIN "HILLS" people if you are a writer get your facts together…
January 30, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Amen!
January 30, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Right! Two totally different places!
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January 31, 2013 at 5:30 AM
Damn KTLA that area IS NOT Baldwin Park….
February 8, 2013 at 4:02 PM
How hard is this to figure out. FRACKING! The streets all over our neighborhood are cracking, and it's Baldwin Hills, not Baldwin Park. Yeah, I wonder what caused this. Get their drills out of here!
February 8, 2013 at 4:05 PM
Anyone who lives here knows this is from fracking.