Residents in a Dunedin neighborhood impacted last week by a massive sinkhole are allowed to return to their homes.
Crews worked all weekend to fill the sinkhole along Robmar Road that destroyed two homes and forced five other families from their homes.
The five families can now come back, though officials say one family does not plan to return.
"The building official is removing the restrictions on access to those and the owners of the adjacent properties can return to their houses,” said Thomas Burke, city engineer.
Crews worked through the rain on Saturday and all day Sunday to fill the 70-foot deep hole. About 5,000 cubic yards of dirt were dumped into the sinkhole.
"Our role in stabilizing the site has ended,” Burke said. “Now the matter of what remains is basically the property owners and their insurance companies."
Residents have complained of sinkhole activity in the neighborhood before. Now, even with the hole filled in, concern remains.
"It kind of worries me," said neighborhood resident Tom Rodak. "We’ve lived here now 23 years and this is the biggest one we’ve had. (There are) numerous ones around, though."
Summer Guo just moved into the neighborhood. This isn't the welcome she was hoping for.
"There's been a bit of commotion recently with all the trucks and all of the things that have been going on,” she said. “I guess it's a little unsettling."
The two families that lost homes are trying to salvage what they can from the debris after their homes were condemned and torn down. They will have a chance to sift through the debris for keepsakes or anything salvageable.
The families were assisted by Red Cross volunteers and have found lodging.
On Thursday, the sinkhole opened up in the early morning hours behind Michael Dupre's home. The hole grew quickly and expanded to 90 feet wide and 70 feet deep.