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Board tables decision, orders temporary safety steps after sinkhole reported in Channing Circle yard
Summary
A homeowner reported a sinkhole draining multiple backyards; the board directed county engineer and counsel to inspect and bring options back in two weeks and instructed staff to secure the site as a public nuisance.
A Madison County homeowner told the Board of Supervisors July 21 that a sinkhole in her backyard at 114 Channing Circle has reappeared after a prior county repair and is affecting multiple neighboring backyards.
County staff explained the hole appears at a storm inlet and runs into a 24-inch pipe installed during neighborhood construction; staff said the county previously repaired the pipe before 2016 but the repair did not hold. The resident was…
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