Workers stabilize sinkhole at Springstead High School
By Times Staff Writer
Published October 3, 2003
SPRING HILL - Two-inch pipes capable of pumping mortar and cement at pressures 10 times more than a garden hose were used to stabilize a sinkhole near the entrance of Springstead High School, a district official said. The $30,000 repair job, which was completed Thursday, consisted of pumping about 140 yards of the stabilizing mix in the opening, said Graydon Howe, the Hernando County school district facilities director. The sinkhole did not threaten the building or students who get on and off buses in front of the school, said Howe. The "anomaly" as engineers call it, appeared about three weeks ago when school staff noticed a small hole near the building's entrance, adjacent the statue of an eagle, the school's mascot, Howe said. Workers filled in the hole, but days later the sinkhole grew to about 5 feet deep in some areas. "At least this one is behind us," said Howe.
