MAITLAND, Fla. — A major Central Florida road closure is finally moving toward a fix.

Construction crews are back at work on Wymore Road in Maitland, where a massive sinkhole opened last month, swallowing part of the roadway and forcing drivers to find another route.

Workers were busy Monday digging out the damaged section of Wymore Road, preparing it for repairs.

The road suddenly collapsed in May, shutting down both lanes of the heavily traveled route and creating headaches for drivers in the area.

Now, crews are rebuilding the roadway with added protections designed to help keep it stable.

Workers plan to dig deep and install a material called “Geo Webbing,” which Orange County Public Works says will provide another layer of support.

“It evenly distributes the weight on top of whatever repairs have been made, and it kind of holds it together and adds just another layer of protection and stability,” said Darrell Moody, Public Information Officer for Orange County Public Works.

Since the sinkhole opened, Orange County Public Works has been working to understand what happened below the surface.

Crews pumped thousands of gallons of water into the hole to allow engineers to analyze the underground conditions.

“With the multiple water truckloads of water, 67,000 gallons of water. And when I watched that process as it began, like I said, it was like it was like a sink with an open drain at the pump,” Moody said.

That process allowed engineers to perform test borings, reaching about 80 feet underground as crews prepare to rebuild roughly 200 feet of roadway.

For drivers, the sudden closure created frustration and confusion.

Elenita Brodie of Casselberry says she drives through the area several times a week to visit a friend at a nearby assisted living facility.

“The day it happened, I didn’t realize you could come in here. I spent about an hour driving around trying to find it. Find a way,” Brodie said.

She says the sinkhole also serves as a reminder of how quickly the ground can change in Central Florida.

“Because you don’t know they’re coming. And all of a sudden, the ground opens up. That’s scary,” Brodie said.

Officials expect the repair project to take about two weeks, with work expected to wrap up shortly after the Fourth of July holiday weekend.