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New Holland residents blame countys oversight for stormwater issues
Commissioners may pay for repairs
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Geoffrey Archibald looks Thursday at a series of sinkholes in the front yard of his Mill Street duplex points out a sunken spot near a drain in the backyard of his recently rebuilt Mill Street home. Sinkholes and flooding have become a big problem for parts of the mill community because of a failed underground drainage system.
New Holland resident Juanita Merck worries how she will get her bedridden 96-year-old mother to safety if it floods again in Milliken Mill Village. The village is behind New Holland Elementary School and below some doctor offices in Gainesville. A failing 100-year-old stormwater management system and water runoff from the city development has caused sinkholes and property damage, residents said.