MoDOT to monitor sinkhole on Business Loop 70 across from Hickman High School

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Department of Transportation will continue to monitor and fill a sinkhole that formed outside of a business on Business Loop 70 last week, across from Hickman High School.

Employees at Ashland Auto Sales told ABC 17 News on Thursday that a customer notified them about the hole last week. The business then called MoDOT crews, who initially put a metal plate over it and tried to fill it, according to information from the business and MoDOT.

MoDOT spokesperson Marcia Johnson told ABC 17 News that they were notified last Thursday about the sinkhole and crews filled it with rock and gravel on Wednesday. Crews checked again on Thursday and saw the gravel had “settled,” so it was filled again, Johnson said.

MoDOT crews plan to check the hole daily until it stops settling.