{"id":438520,"date":"2026-10-26T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438520\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T17:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:32:07","slug":"broken-pipe-causes-sinkhole-near-estero-boulevard-in-fort-myers-beach-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438520\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken pipe causes sinkhole near Estero Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A sinkhole has opened up near a busy intersection in Fort Myers Beach, forcing a temporary traffic change.<\/p>\n<p>Town staff found a broken underground pipe near the intersection of Bay Beach Lane and Estero Boulevard while repairing a water service line break at Lake Valencia Condominiums, according to a town post.<\/p>\n<p>The damaged pipe caused erosion under the roadway, which led to the sinkhole forming.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic leaving Bay Beach Lane has been reduced from two lanes down to one, though Estero Boulevard is not affected.<\/p>\n<p>Town officials say there are no active water leaks or service interruptions, and the area has been secured with cones and barricades.<\/p>\n<p>The ground around the sinkhole appears stable, and repairs are set to begin Monday, Oct. 26, pending further assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A sinkhole has opened up near a busy intersection in Fort Myers Beach,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,10124,28,1695,58075],"class_list":["post-438520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-estero","tag-florida","tag-fort-myers-beach","tag-sinkhole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}