Florida emergency management officials were called to a large sinkhole in the same area where one opened three months ago.
Neighbors told a FOX 13 Tampa Bay reporter they were thankful the latest sinkhole is smaller than the one that opened in June.
Polk County officials told the television station that this latest sinkhole at Scott Lake Road and Aiden Lane is 50 feet wide and 12 feet deep on private property.
The sinkhole did not pose a threat to the county road or homes.
The initial sinkhole in the area was reportedly 75 feet wide.
It opened along Scott Lake Road, just south of Fitzgerald Road in south Lakeland.
At the time, officials believed it could be related to a well drilled at the site.
It filled in and is no longer visible due to vegetation growth, The Ledger of Lakeland reported.
An aerial view shows the size of the sinkhole found in Tampa Bay, Florida. WFLA News Channel 8
Just a few months after the 75-foot sinkhole opened on Scott Lake Road in Polk County, another sinkhole had formed and opened in the same area, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay. WFLA News Channel 8
The smaller of the two sinkholes was reported Friday and contractors who own the land are expected to fill it with dirt Saturday.
Both sinkhole locations are on property owned by Acres at Scott Lake LLC, a company owned by Lakeland residents Debra and Joseph Kedzuf, according to state records obtained by The Ledger.
Documents filed with the county say plans for the roughly 10-acre property include a six-home subdivision.
One resident told the newspaper that she does not believe there should be construction in that area.
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