A hole which appeared on Oxford Road on Tuesday morning has led to the closure of the road, Bombela Civils Joint Venture said.
Spokesperson Kelebogile Machaka said a subsidence occurred on the northbound lane of Oxford Road between Riviera Road and 8th Avenue.
Bombela became aware of the hole around 7.30am. The hole was approximately 2m in diameter and 1m deep. A blue Nissan van, belonging to one of the Bombela workers, fell into the hole. No one was inside the van at the time and no one was injured. The van was towed out.
"Gautrain tunnelling activities in this area were completed in September 2008," Machaka said.
"Due to the close proximity of our site (Emergency Shaft E3) Bombela assisted in closing off the road and stabilising the exposed utilities in the interests of the public."
Oxford Road in Riviera was closed between Riviera Road and 8th Avenue.
"Traffic flow from the area is being diverted in order to allow the City of Johannesburg and utility owners to conduct investigations to determine the cause of the incident."
Motorists could use 8th Avenue, Main Road and Riviera Road as an alternative route, said Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.
North Road could be accessed from Main road. Restanwold road could be accessed from Eastwold way or via Englewold drive into Beechwold road and then via either Methwold or Aldswold roads.
It was not known how long it would take to repair the hole.
A previous such hole took eight weeks to repair, between July and 1 September, said Minnaar.
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