The Polk County Sheriff’s Office closed a section of Campbell Road in North Lakeland on Saturday, not in response to flooding but because part of the street had vanished into a hole. The small chasm appeared to be yet another consequence of the hurricane, opening up near a lift station.
Workers from Killebrew Inc., a county contractor, operated three industrial pumps Saturday morning connected to large hoses running into sewer pipes and a manhole. A worker said the pumps moved sewage to another lift station to prevent backflow into nearby houses.
The contractors brought in three pieces of heavy equipment, including an excavator and a loader. The square hole jutted into the eastbound lane of the two-lane road in the Kathleen area.
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