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Originally Posted by janmcn
Sumter County is responsible. This is very alarming news. Is the road closed? Are there public safety officials there monitoring the situation?
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The "sinkhole" in question is a depression adjacent to and touching a manhole cover located in the center of Hillsborough Trail. Depression itself was never larger than 24" and was about 8-10" deep.
This originally happened 6-8 weeks ago and several safety cones have been there since it appeared. The area is so small vehicles have been traveling, unhindered in both directions (since it first appeared) with no delays or problems.
The County has repaired it once already. Cones remained after the first repair. It has now sunk a few inches again. Workers told me it was due to issues with a sanitary sewer line/ manhole access.
I suspect it is not alarming news to those of us who daily walk/run/ride/travel this section of Hillsborough.
Hopefully that may help settle understandable concerns. Of course that assumes the workers provided accurate information.
We live about a mile away, our home has not started tilting yet.
Don