STALLINGS, N.C. — Homeowners in the Stone Creek Townhomes neighborhood of Stallings are being told that pressure grouting is the solution to fixing the ongoing sinkhole issue, but will that ease their safety concerns?
Stallings Mayor Wyatt Dunn heard community members talking about their issues with the sinkholes during the latest town hall meeting in November. "Your home should be your sanctuary and we all want it to be that way when we get home. I promise you the town will be the facilitator in this we’ll try to find a solution," Dunn told the concerned citizens at the meeting.
After months of digging for answers, Anna Gaddy, who lives in the area, began seeing a response to the sinkhole problem from developers with Ryan Homes.
Gaddy told WCNC Charlotte that she spoke with some developers about their solution to fixing these issues.
“They said they were going to do pressure grouting where they put a fillable material, it's not actually grout, they said but a combination of materials, they're going to put in the ground," Gaddy said. "And supposedly it's supposed to go as far down in the ground as it needs to.”
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When asked if the solution eases Gaddy's mind, she said, “I don't know that they're really addressing it, I really don't have the competence level that I feel like I need to have with this whole process.”
WCNC Charlotte reached out to Ryan Homes for comment but did not get a response.
Dunn told residents that the town's role with the issue is to be a "facilitator," in the process.
“This is somebody's probably the largest investment. And so in your home, and so you want your home to be structurally sound. So you don't have to spend money to correct it. So, so we certainly are concerned. And that's why we reached out to Ryan Homes, and they met with us immediately."
Gaddy is hopeful the latest effort will fill the sinkholes for good.
“I am optimistic that I can feel safe, I would want to see not just like the words, but like, reports or some type of guarantee, like, Hey, this is what we did," she said. "And this is, you know, like, on paper, this, this was what happened, and this is what guarantee we can give you that you won't have issues."
Developers told both Gaddy and Dunn that they hope to finish filling the sinkholes before Thanksgiving.
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