A crew is working to ensure that water continues to flow in a Sevier County creek where a sinkhole opened, draining a three-mile section of the stream.

The plan is to plug the holes that first formed last year in Middle Creek under the Collier Drive bridge.

The bridge had to be stabilized and now work is under way to ensure the stream continues to flow above ground. A dam was built and pumps are channeling the water through temporary pipes along the bank while the holes are filled and a concrete sluice is built over them.

Rain on Wednesday raised the water level in the stream and forced a temporary halt to the work, according to The Mountain Press.

Source: The Associated Press