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PERSONS carrying binoculars and cameras trekked about half-mile along the Old Train Line Road to Todd’s Station Road in Caparo to witness a “great phenomenon†which occurred adjacent to a sand quarry site, where the land sunk about 200 feet below the surface, creating a canyon-like formation.
It is believed the crater formed sometime between May 26 and May 27, but it only became public as word began to spread through the villages.
The centre of an emergency access road that links Todds Road to Palmiste and Longdenville crumbled and disappeared into “the canyon†which is the size of about two football fields. The road, mainly used by farmers, now ends abruptly on opposite ridges of the formation.
“I strongly believe that is because of the quarrying for sand that is taking place by two private contractors that is causing this. What I think worsened it, was the heavy rains experienced last week and the severe flooding which occurred at Caparo Valley Road, Todds Road, Palmiste and Ravine Sable. These villages were under as much as six feet of water,†Boondoo said.
It is believed the crater formed sometime between May 26 and May 27, but it only became public as word began to spread through the villages.
The centre of an emergency access road that links Todds Road to Palmiste and Longdenville crumbled and disappeared into “the canyon†which is the size of about two football fields. The road, mainly used by farmers, now ends abruptly on opposite ridges of the formation.
“I strongly believe that is because of the quarrying for sand that is taking place by two private contractors that is causing this. What I think worsened it, was the heavy rains experienced last week and the severe flooding which occurred at Caparo Valley Road, Todds Road, Palmiste and Ravine Sable. These villages were under as much as six feet of water,†Boondoo said.
