This one is located near the corner of Highmarket and Dozier streets, across from where another sinkhole was repaired by the South Carolina Department of Transportation earlier this month.
The deep hole is outside the office of Waccamaw Regional Council of Governments but there are no new cracks on the walls of that building, according to Executive Director Sarah Smith.
City Administrator Chris Eldridge said the DOT will investigate the cause and make repairs.
He said it is believed the new hole was caused a leaking pipe, the same thing that caused a recent sinkhole at the Highway 17 entrance to Bank of America.
Since late October there have been several sinkholes in the area, the most severe causing the collapse of Parrish Place.
The DOT is still trying to determine if the $14 million drainage project is the cause for the damage.
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