SAN ANTONIO -- A new sinkhole opened up on the city's west side on Buena Vista Street near Elmendorf Lake Park.

Resident Linda Juarez said that she was one of the first to notice the sinkhole. Juarez said that, back in May, there was a sinkhole on her street and she knew the slope on the road was an indication that the asphalt was beginning to open. She said she immediately called 311.

"You would even see when the cars would pass, the street would move. Can you imagine? They travel so fast on the street that if a car goes in there it's going to get stuck," Juarez said.

Gavino Ramos, San Antonio Water System vice president of communications and external affairs, said that the size of the sinkhole was initially 2 feet in diameter. He noted that the pit continued to get bigger because crews had to remove the asphalt to fix the hole. Ramos said that it’s unclear what caused the sinkhole, but that there was a scheduled project to fix the pipes underneath the road.

"Just like any many other areas in the city, as they age, we continue to look at them and be proactive in trying to find the areas where the pipes are getting older,” Ramos explained. “As you know, this is an older part of the city, and so this was one of the many areas of town that were set to upgrade and repair the infrastructure.”

This is the second sinkhole that has opened up in a little over a week in San Antonio.

Last Monday, a large pit opened up on the 8400 block of Quintana Road. Firefighters recovered two cars and one body. The driver of one of the cars was saved by a passing driver. But Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Dora Linda Nishihara did not survive.

SAWS said that there was a sewer project underway in that area. The pit opened up where a new pipe connected to an older pipe. SAWS said that it is still investigating what exactly caused the sinkhole.