Sinkhole causes Cobb bus rerouting downtown

Cobb Community Transit is rerouting six bus routes in downtown Atlanta because of a sinkhole next to the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center.

The sinkhole, which is about 15 yards long, is on one of the northbound lanes on Forsyth Street, between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Alabama Street.

CCT buses will not stop at two locations on that portion of Forsyth Street. Passengers can catch the bus at the corner of Pryor and Alabama streets or at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Forsyth Street.

Atlanta Watershed Management spokeswoman Janet Ward said crews are working with Georgia Power and Atlanta Gas Light companies to determine what caused the sinkhole.

For more information, passengers can call 770-427-4444.

Meanwhile, Atlanta Public Works engineers are working to repair a sinkhole and the collapse of about two dozen paved bricks near the site of the Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta.

A spokeswoman for Underground Atlanta believes the collapse took place on New Year’s Eve. No one was injured, the spokeswoman said.

There was no immediate timetable on how long it would take to make the repairs.

Staff writer Ben Smith contributed to this article.