Large Sinkhole Swallows Up Road In The Villages Of Florida
The Villages retirement community in Florida had another sinkhole form in the community. This one, much larger than the issue they had last summer.
Back in August, the Villages had a pair of sinkholes form in a residential road in Monarch Grove. Those looked to measure just a few feet across and did not threaten any residences. The public works department leveled and backfilled the holes. One of the holes was very close to the driveway of one of the villas, but didn’t directly affect the residence. According to the Villages-News “a total of 351.3 cubic yards of concrete was injected at 21 sites to depths ranging from 25 to 55 feet.”
Yesterday, another sinkhole was reported. This in the city of Wildwood. In Florida we don’t like to use the word sinkhole. They refer to it as a ‘depression’. Well, this depression swallowed up a big part of the road.
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Speaking as a homeowner in Florida, a sinkhole scares me more than hurricanes.
With a hurricane you know it’s coming. You can prepare. And most importantly, hurricanes are covered by insurance. Sinkhole coverage is not standard on most policies. You need to add it.
This is not a phenomenon exclusive to The Villages. Polk County had a big one open up last month in an area where a company had planned to start a development. No word if those plans are to continue.
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