A sinkhole appears to be growing on a roadway in The Villages.

The sinkhole opened up at about 2 p.m. Sunday on Bradford Loop in the Village of Sanibel.

This hole has opened up in the roadway on Bradford Loop in The Village of Sanibel
This sinkhole has opened up in the roadway on Bradford Loop in the Village of Sanibel.

Nervous neighbors watched as the sinkhole reportedly grew from about 3-feet-by-3-feet to 6-feet-by-6-feet in a matter of hours. It was an estimated 5 feet deep.

The sinkhole has been cordoned off by yellow tape.

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