HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A manhole maintenance mystery is unfolding in southeast Houston.

Paul Valdez, who's lived at his home for 17 years, said there's a buckling sidewalk, just feet away from his property, and he was told by 311 he has to fix it.

"This doesn't happen overnight, all those cracks," Valdez said.

Valdez said he started noticing the damage four years ago.

"My concerns are that since the school bus stop is at the corner. Is that somebody is going to trip? At night, somebody is going to walk through it, get hurt," Valdez said.

It's all surrounding a city of Houston sewer manhole.

Valdez told ABC13 he's reached out to 311, three different times over the past few years and most recently received a response saying the case is closed and the maintenance for the manhole is h

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