In McKee v. State (1978), 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 58, 61, the Court allowed an award to a motorcyclist whose vehicle had struck a hole in a highway. The evidence revealed that a sewer line had been placed under the highway about a year prior to the accident, and that work had been done in that area almost yearly. State police officers noticed the depressed area where the accident occurred getting worse during the day, but did not believe the situation sufficiently bad to report to IDOT. The State placed no warning signals or barricades at the scene to warn motorists. Additional evidence was adduced that the Respondent had been patching the street in that area over a long period of time. The tendency of the highway to develop holes or dangerous conditions had apparently been caused by an improper auguring process used to install a sewer under the highway. The Court found that the State had continually had trouble with that stretch of roadway requiring repeated repairs and that the State had not properly fulfilled its duty in supervising the auguring under the highway, which created the dangerous condition. The Court concluded that the State had constructive notice of the dangerous condition, and thus, granted the injured Claimant an award.