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Resident’s sinkhole complaint prompts Stafford board to review stormwater assistance program

2426733 · February 4, 2025
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Summary

An 85-year-old Stafford resident told the board her yard is collapsing and her basement is threatened by erosion; supervisors directed staff to review a county stormwater assistance program (a reimbursement program) and consider adjustments and a work session to help older residents.

Florie Williams, a resident of the Garrisonville District, told the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 that repeated erosion and collapsing ground near her home has progressed since 2018 and is now within about 3 feet of her basement window.

"The erosion has gotten so bad that it's no more than about 3 feet from my basement window," Williams said, describing sinkholes, a dislodged electrical transformer and ongoing danger to people and property.

Williams asked the board to act to prevent injury and further structural damage. Her…

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