Latest News Filling Disston Avenue sinkholes estimated to cost $51,000

Latest News Filling Disston Avenue sinkholes estimated to cost $51,000: That will cost the city an estimated $ 51,000 to cover the potholes that have developed in Disston Avenue near Harrison Street. Meanwhile, the portion of the highway that collapsed probably be shut to traffic for the rest of the month. About Dorsett Park, where the depressions in the ground, the stadium won't be usable to act at least 6 weeks and the tennis courts will be closed until fall, officials of the city. On Friday, City Manager Mark Lecours said the cost of the repairs isn't that bad, considering how the city had to go to meet other wells. City, for example, spent about $ 58,000 just to keep a cave in the gym at Tarpon Springs Community Center collapse. Director of Public Works said Tom Funcheon a sewer main damaged during landslide Disston Avenue was repaired the power lines at night and were checked to ensure they weren't damaged. Fill many sections and Disston Avenue with cement mortar, check to ensure that the road is safe and street paving should take about 2 weeks, weather permitting. It may take longer if circumstances permit, or if heavy rain in the afternoon the slow progress Funcheon said. A report of the formation of subsidence along the South Disston Avenue at Tierra, a geotechnical firm in Tampa, showed a favorable environment sinkhole can be found underground. After 10 test holes were made along Disston Avenue, engineers encountered on sandy soil, altered limestone and loose, soft soil conditions Development Index of the abyss. These loose, soft soil conditions have been met through the "essential elements" of the area near South Disston Avenue, Tierra engineers reported. The area is located in an area of ​​Pinellas County. which can be characterized as having a moderate to high potential for the development gap, "the report said. As a result, sinkhole in this area is not unexpected and usually occurs when a cavity develops in conditions of calcareous soils and cause collapse. Tierra recommended compaction grout viscosity as a means of conditions on the gulf Disston Avenue. Compaction injection, a common method to avoid failure sinkhole related to the ground, is to inject the grout into the ground under pressure at different locations. This makes the sand, clay and limestone nearby. Meanwhile, the city public works crews will use Department of depression level found on the tennis courts and ball fields at Dorsett Park. Earth Engineers reported depression were observed in the baseball field and tennis courts at the park Dorsett. It is recommended the area be authorized by a vibratory compaction equipment and all the resulting depression was filled with soil. The grass and the road to the tennis court shall be removed before the soil can be compacted. City staff began working to fill the depressions in the ground Dorsett Park from this week. It should take six weeks to remove the grass, the quality of ground and depressions found in the ball fields, Funcheon said. Tennis courts at the facility must be completely removed and rebuilt. The city wants to ensure that there is more to settle in the area of ​​the park by the tennis courts will be replaced. Accordingly, this project will not be completed until September or October to allow additional testing At Dorsett Park, identified ground-penetrating radar for a Regulation of rock formations and soil in the park, and "several areas of buried debris suspected shallow in this area," according to Tierra report. This seems to confirm the old "stories about Garbage from years of people buried there and other elements of what is now the place Dorsett Park. It is not surprising that in the first part of the 20th century the area was regularly used by residents to dump items LeCours said.Latest News Filling Disston Avenue sinkholes estimated to cost $51,000: