APOPKA, Fla. – A neighborhood road in Apopka is cracking apart, and what’s happening underneath could be even worse.
A massive hole continues to grow on Wolf Creek Court, forcing the city to shut down the road for weeks and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix it. Neighbors say the problem has been building for years, and they worry the damage could spread.
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“It doesn’t take long to notice all these cracks — and this massive hole that’s been forming right here,” one resident said.
The city is calling it a “depression,” but Corey Airs, who lives nearby, said it feels like a disaster waiting to happen.
“If they don’t get this done and fixed, everything is going to start caving in,” Airs said.
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His neighbor, Daniel Paraison, said the hole has been growing since his family moved in two years ago.
“It just kept sinking every time a car passed over it,” Paraison said.
City staff say since 2025, a conical depression of 10 feet in diameter has formed. The surface has dropped two to three feet.
City leaders have approved nearly $719,000 for an emergency repair. The road will be shut down for three weeks.
“With everyone else trying to park here, they’re going to have to park on that single street — there aren’t going to be any accommodations,” Airs said.
Some neighbors will have to park up the street from their homes to get in and out. Paraison said the detour is manageable.
“Now instead of every morning coming here, we have to go on the other side — and it’s not that bad if you think about it,” Paraison said.
City engineers said the ground is slowly collapsing and the hole continues to grow because unstable soil underneath keeps shifting. Engineers also said it could put nearby utility and sewage infrastructure at risk.
Officials say the roadway depression was likely due to the settlement of the near-surface sands and roadway into one of the very loose soil zones, and/or soft organic soils, that are typically
found in and around relic sinkholes. The settlement has also caused damage to the sanitary sewer line.
Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson said crews will dig up the damaged section of the road and rebuild it with stronger material. He said only a handful of people live in the area, but the timeline could change if crews find damage to infrastructure.
“We have to get in there and see if anything has been damaged,” Nelson said. “Hopefully, there are no infrastructure issues.”
Nelson says the total cost of the project is actually around $772,000. The project is expected to start next week.