This is a known phenomenon since forever. You have to work to keep infrastructure working, not just because of this, but other reasons as well. I mean, it’s like people are surprised that you have to cut the grass at an airport.
If you come to Amsterdam, you might notice that most buildings have cellar doors. That’s not because people like cellars so much, it’s that those used to be ground level when they built it. People just built a door higher up, with some stairs leading up to them when the buildings sunk noticeably. You can also see buildings tilt. There are alleys in there, where on the ground there is around 2 and a half metres of space, but the tops of the buildings are close enough to lean out and pass things between them.
I feel articles like this are just there to try to give excuses why the US’ infrastructure is so much behind the rest of the developed world. This is not a unique, never-before-seen problem. People were solving this exact problem for multiple times as long as the US has existed. Just think, why do you think most archaeological digs are digs? It’s not because people have a weird obsession with burying old structures.