It's one of Toronto's busiest intersections and it's had 7 sinkholes in 3 years

For the seventh time in three years, a sinkhole has opened up in or near Toronto's busy Church-Wellesley intersection.

"It is bizarre," Jaret Sereda of the Church-Wellesley Villa BIA told CBC Toronto. "Why it keeps happening, I can't speak to that."

City staff blame 150-year-old water pipes that run beneath the intersection, combined with sandy soil. When a leak in the aged pipes happens, the surrounding earth can be washed away, causing the road above to collapse, staff say.

Wednesday's sinkhole, on the north side of Wellesley Street just east of Church Street, was described by Toronto police as being about 2.5 metres long, although CBC Toronto staff on the scene estimated it to be about half that size.

Within hours, city crews had patched the hole with asphalt, although that section