Movement slows on steep Peaceful Valley hill after city works to prevent landslide

Engineers continue to monitor a Browne’s Addition hillside’s potential descent into Peaceful Valley, but a long-term solution likely remains weeks away.

The city has pledged to fast-track its work to devise a plan that will permanently fortify the hill between the two neighborhoods.

In the meantime, recent cold weather helped freeze moisture inside the soil and slow its movement, allowing crews time to build a berm that should offer more support.

“That berm is in essence shoring that (retaining wall) up in order to push back against the slide,” explained Kyle Twohig, the city’s director of engineering. “We also haven’t seen any indication of additional slide movement up higher

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