The Corvette Museum Is Filling In That Massive Sinkhole

Since last February, the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky has drawn in large crowds thanks to a massive sinkhole that swallowed a number of its exhibits.

Back in June, the museum’s directors announced that they would be preserving the sinkhole as it’s an important part of the facility’s history. The original plan was to reduce the size of the hole and to fit an embankment to display cars on.

Unfortunately, costs associated with adding safety features have proved too much, and the whole plan has been cancelled. Retaining walls and beams would have been required to prevent further cracking, which have been estimated to cost $1 million (£600k).

It’s not all bad news, though, as GM has announced that it’s giving $250,000 towards the restoration of three of the damaged Corvettes, which include a 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil prototype, a 1962 black Corvette and the one-millionth Corvette produced. The remaining five Corvettes were too badly damaged to be repaired, however they’ll stay at the museum with all their wounds on display.