November 5, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
Recent rains are to blame for a giant hole in a Washita County road near the town of Foss.
According to report from Brent Skarky with KFOR-TV, the 17 foot deep hole is located southwest of Foss and a mile south of Interstate 40, and poses a threat to farmers, ranchers, and oilfield traffic that frequently use the road.
County Commissioner Steve Tompkins told KFOR earlier this week that heavy downpours a month ago made water pour out of a cattle catch pond on the other side of the road. That water running over the spillway, and then washing out the road underneath, which caused the collapse and formed the hole.
Tompkins says this particular stretch of road – now asphalt – was once a wooden bridge.
Officials say they have worked on the issue before, but now with a huge drop off cutting into the roadway, Tompkins says work will begin next week to permanently fix the problem.
Tompkins says it will take about four days to fix the road once work begins next week.
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