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Authorities have claimed that the huge pothole Arnold Schwarzenegger took it upon himself to fill in was actually a "service trench" being used by a gas company.
Arnie, 75, was filmed as he took to the streets of Brentwood, Los Angeles, to try to mend the holy roads himself following a backlog caused by an influx of winter storms.
The actor-turned-politician had grown unhappy at the apparent lack of urgency to repair the damage and decided to get to work with a shovel.
Sharing the clip to Twitter, he wrote: "Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it. I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go."
However, his actions may have caused more harm than good as it turns out the hole might not have been weather damage after all.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was sick of waiting for the hole to be filled (INSTAGRAM)A City of Los Angeles representative claims the Terminator star my have been informed about the nature of the hole.
They told NBC Los Angeles: "This is not a pothole. It's a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCalGas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May.
"As is the case with similar projects impacting City streets, SoCalGas will be required to repair the area once their work is completed."
SoCalGas calls itself the US' biggest company dealing with natural gas distribution.
In his video, Arnie had called his three-week wait for the hole to be filled as "crazy".
Arnie mistakenly filled in the service trench (AP)The star's spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, had claimed that residents in the Brentwood area had sent in multiple requests for the roads to be repaired.
The mayor for the area had previously addressed the pothole situation and said plans were in place to fix them.
Mayor Karen Bass said: "City workers are pulling out all the stops, but not to just prepare for every pothole that is reported, but also to be proactive. That means driving around the city, throughout this district and all others, to assess the conditions of our streets and identify and repair the damage right away."
Reports says that almost 20,000 service requests for repairs had been filed in Los Angeles between December 30, 2022 and April 6 of this year.
Almost 18,000 of the potholes were reported as being filled already.
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