CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s just another day in Charlotte with another sinkhole.
There have been several sinkholes popping up in Charlotte recently, including one in a west Charlotte community.
The sinkhole formed on Farmer Street, a neighborhood near Clanton Road and West Boulevard. An official with Charlotte Storm Water Services said it first responded on Aug. 9 regarding the sinkhole and closed a portion of the road. But they said access to residences in the area is maintained.
WCNC Charlotte's Jesse Pierre asked city officials in Charlotte about these sinkholes, with one agency calling sinkholes a "naturally occurring phenomenon."
“I saw it the other day and it is bigger,” Melinda Kilgo, a west Charlotte resident, said.
You can see where the road gave way, leaving a large hole by the sidewalk. The sinkhole closed an entire side of the roundabout on Farmer Street in this Arbor Glen Community.
“They had it roped off the entire time and told us not to go near it,” Gregory, a west Charlotte resident, said.
Charlotte Storm Water Services said a broken storm drainage pipe caused the sinkhole to form and they are working on getting it repaired.
“I’m shocked to see a sinkhole that size here," Gregory added. “But we did have a lot of rain so I’m sure that had something to do with it.”
Some residents said they were without water for several hours but it has since been restored.
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Charlotte Storm Water Services said the broken pipe is connected to a private storm drainage system. That system is a large network of structures, ditches, underground pipes and streams that carry rainwater through our community and public and private storm drainage systems connect across the city. The agency is coordinating with the property owner of the apartments on repairs.
There was also a smaller sinkhole that closed lanes on Providence Road in south Charlotte on Tuesday. City officials said a water main repair was made and the road reopened the following day.
Then there was a massive sinkhole in uptown near the Bank Of America Stadium. The road reopened to traffic two weeks later, once repairs were made to a stormwater pipe.
But are sinkholes happening more often in the Queen City?
Charlotte Water said in a statement, in part “With a large water system such as ours, water system repairs are not uncommon. Sinkholes are a naturally occurring phenomenon, especially where there is abundant rainfall.”
Residents say the sinkholes are concerning.
“I think with the age of the city and things like that, we are probably going to experience more in the future especially with the rain we are getting,” Gregory said.
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