A sinkhole opened up last week, prompting evacuations of some residents from the nearby Tarpon Shores Mobile Home Park and causing damage to a sewer main. The main has been repaired.

TARPON SPRINGS – This city has established a timeline for repairing the sinkhole that opened up last week on Mango Street near U.S. 19 N. It’s a process that Tarpon Springs says could take a couple of months.

The projected timeline:

• Temporary bypasses for the two wastewater lines have been completed.
• Crews are currently working on a repair plan for a small potable water line
  in the area that remains out of service. No customers are affected at this
  point in time. Olympic Plaza remains under a boil water notice. Initial
  testing at this location came back free of contaminants however, we are still
  waiting on results of a second set of tests.
• The city and county are considering a permanent relocation of the utility
  lines at this time.
• Several thousand gallons of wastewater remain in the hole. Pumping of this
  wastewater should be completed between now and Wednesday (April 6).
• Once all of the wastewater has been drained from the sinkhole, fill dirt
  will be brought in. This is expected to take approximately two weeks.
• Once the fill has been completed, it must settle for a period of
  approximately four weeks.
• After settling has completed, geologic testing and grouting will occur.
  This will take approximately two more weeks.
• Road repair will be completed after all work has been finished on the
  sinkhole. This will take about two weeks.
• If it is decided to permanently relocate the utility lines, work on this project will run concurrently with the sinkhole repair.

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