3 3 3 3 this morning. traffic is still backing up in east baltimore.repair work on a broken pipeline along monument street was only supposed to take a couple weeks.but now city crews say it could be much, much longer. longer.megan gilliland is here with the new time frame and how business owners along that stretch are reacting. good morning guys,when that pipe broke underground. it created this huge sinkhole in the middle of the street.it s been three weeks. and now nearby shops on monument - street have been watching. wondering when the city would get it fixed.now they re being told. that three week time frame. will be more like three months.the patches of pavement are just a temporary fix. 12:10:32 they said they e just patching it up so trucks . they re not gonna open the street. the sinkhole is at least 40 feet deep in some spots. and the problem with fixing it fastt.. goes deeper than that. why the city is having so much trouble. coming up next half hour.i m megan g