Lakeland sinkhole appears to have stabilized, as Scott Lake Road reopens to traffic
LAKELAND ― A Lakeland sinkhole that opened June 8 off Scott Lake Road appears to have stabilized.
A Southwest Florida Water Management District field inspector visited the site of the roughly 75-foot wide sinkhole between Old Scott Lake Road and Fitzgerald Road on Wednesday, according to spokeswoman Susanna Martinez Tarokh.
The field inspector reported the sinkhole has been nearly filled in and appears to have stabilized. Scott Lake Road was reopened to vehicular traffic Tuesday afternoon.
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Specific details on how the sinkhole was filled are not available to The Ledger as the hole opened on private property owned by Acres at Scott Lake LLC, which is run by Lakeland residents Debra and Joseph Kedzuf, according to SunBiz.org.
Documents submitted to Polk County show plans to create a six-home subdivision on the roughly 9.7-acre property where the sinkhole occurred. The sinkhole is located roughly where the plans indicate the development's future stormwater retention pond will be, created by a contractor who was drilling and hit a pressurized pocket underground.
This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Lakeland sinkhole is nearly filled and stabilized, Swiftmud says
