Federal funds to help repair large sinkhole in city of Combes
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Cameron County is chipping in $500,000 to fix a massive sinkhole in the city of Combes.
The sinkhole is located off of Business 77, and city leaders say the hole already broke a water and sewer line.
“We're afraid that we might lose, that the sinkhole will expand to Business 77,” Combes Mayor Silvestre García said.
The city has already spent $500,000 to fix it.
The sinkhole popped up in mid-April as a result of flooding in the area from the March 2025 storms.
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The city is reporting all expenses to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Funds approved by the county for the sinkhole will be coming from previously allocated pandemic-era funds.
City officials said the sinkhole should be repaired by Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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