Canal closed because of sinkhole
 

I was driving along canal street today and canal is closed in both directions because of a sinkhole.

Deputies: Sinkhole shuts down road in The Villages indefinitely

That's right in front of the Sabal postal station isn't it? If so, are they providing assistance to people who use that postal station for their mail - and the postal delivery person who has to bring the mail there? Any instructions for them?

Looking at the picture it appears to be in close proximity to a sewer manhole. So, it is probably wash-out from another broken or rotting inferior sewer pipe and not a real sink hole which is caused by surface ground areas collapsing into underlying voids in the limestone subbase.

One need not worry

" Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

And why would you think this is not being addressed?

Did somebody say "SINKHOLE"? In The Villages? Well, fan my brow! What, in heaven's name, will happen next?

I asked for confirmation that it was, in fact, in front of the postal station. Because I don't know if it is or not. And then, I asked, if that was the case, what instructions were made available to residents who picked their mail up there. Because I don't know what those would be. Not because I think it isn't being addressed.

Sort of like if I ask my neighbor if she left a key with anyone in case of emergency, if she's leaving town for a month or more. It's not because I think she didn't do that. It's because I want to make sure she DID.

Small hole, no problem getting to the post office.

Reports I can find say Canal is still closed in both directions but last night the route through the Sabal Chase parking lot was being used as a detour.

Awesome. This is helpful to people who have homes in the area, but might have been away before this happened and haven't yet returned. They can read here, that there won't be any change to their postal service, and they'll know what the detour will be, when they come back from wherever they were.

Thank you.

Everybody reads TOTV.

Yep, I’m guessing TOTV membership is at least 100,000 registered members or more.

Can you be more specific?

Shhhh, the S word is not allowed in the Villages (at least if you are employed by the entity), they are referred to as depressions.

Get Used to It
 

Some posters aren’t always objective. Just shrug off the negativity..