{"id":41279,"date":"2024-01-23T14:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=41279"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:22:51","slug":"crews-begin-to-fill-60-foot-deep-sinkhole-in-highland-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/23\/crews-begin-to-fill-60-foot-deep-sinkhole-in-highland-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews begin to fill 60-foot-deep sinkhole in Highland City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A sinkhole in Highland City has caused a worrisome past few days for many neighbors on Royal Crest Drive. They are getting some relief on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Austins went back home to watch as crews filled the giant sinkhole in their front yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They just moved to this home on Royal Crest Drive and have been displaced due to this neighborhood natural disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Clantons have lived there 43 years and said they\u2019ve never seen anything like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course, the first thought is \u2018My gosh it\u2019s happened,\u201d Neighbor Scott Clanton said. \u201cIs it going to get bigger?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hole was 15 feet wide and 60 feet deep on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was about 30 feet wide right before crews started filling the hole with sand Tuesday morning.
Polk County Emergency Management Director Paul Womble said the hole\u2019s surface doubled in size over the last few days.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe know the perimeter at the surface changed yesterday. It got bigger yesterday,\u201d Womble said. \u201cBut it hasn\u2019t changed since I left here last night so that\u2019s a good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The county is covering the repair and mitigation because the sinkhole seeps into the county\u2019s property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dGetting it filled is the first step,\u201d Womble said. \u201cHopefully [there will be] no other work or [we\u2019ll] figure out what else needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is hoping this is the solution they\u2019ve been waiting for, for the Austin family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo hopefully it will stabilize and they\u2019ll be able to get back and get about their business,\u201d the Clantons said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials will monitor the hole once it\u2019s filled. We\u2019re told it could take a couple of days to fill this sinkhole. Polk County Emergency Management asks drivers to avoid Royal Crest Drive if they can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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