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Plant City Roads Reopening After Sinkhole Repairs

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By RICH SHOPES | The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 24, 2009

PLANT CITY - Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads.

A recent cold snap had farmers pumping groundwater to spray their crops, triggering underground voids and a rash of sinkholes. Affected were Whitelaw, Moore Lake, Gallagher, Sydney, Lone Oak and Drawdy roads.

Patrick Murray, a spokesman for Hillsborough County's Public Works Department, said most of the roads have reopened although works remains on Sydney and Whitelaw.

Sydney is closed between North Dover and Sydney-Dover roads but is expected to reopen next week.

Whitelaw is closed between U.S. 92 and C. P. Keen Road, with no date set for reopening.

Gallagher opened Friday and the other roads opened during the past month.

Some repairs, such as on Moore Lake, were simple patch jobs. In others, workers needed to pump concrete 20 to 30 feet underground to plug the holes.

Reporter Rich Shopes can be reached at (813) 259-7633.

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