FDOT to review Howard Street sinkhole

Jason Futch Reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com The Florida Department of Transportation is reviewing how a sinkhole developed on Howard Street, causing a closure of the highway near Dowling Avenue in Live Oak on Monday, Aug. 25.  Jerald Lee, Public Works Director for the City of Live Oak, said the sinkhole developed at approximately 3:45 p.m., creating an 8 to 10-foot deep crater, which was about 5 feet wide and approximately 20 feet long. During the evening hours, cement trucks provided by FDOT pumped flowable fill into the hole before closing it off with a metal plate to allow for traffic to continue. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, FDOT road crews assisted in a review of the sinkhole to se