Norfolk Southern had two tracks open this afternoon, and this reportedly should allow them to get back to more normal operations. Route 65 however, is expected to be closed until October.
Tom Wright
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
It looks like there will be plenty of blame to spread around. The contractor should (and probably will) bear the financial burden of the cleanup. But the people who granted permits for all of that fill to be brought in should bear some responsibility as well.
When does the contractor expect all of this to be cleared? They were required to have a definite plan--and schedule--by last night, I believe.
Carl
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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
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edbenton wrote:I for one work at a Wal Mart and am glad I do work there. They offered me the highest starting wages of any retail store in the area of where I live and I have it in writing after 90 days I get a 60 cent an hour raise so I can not complain. That plus they work around my needs with my family schedule so my kids are not being raised by BABYSITTERS name one other company in the US that will still do that today.
Nora wrote:Yep, it is a big mess. All 4 lanes of Rt. 65 are closed, the dirt and rocks are still sliding, and it will be at least a week and maybe as long as a month before the road is cleared. However at least through last night, when I left work, they were keeping one of the mains open and trains were still moving although of course there were backups. I imagine that's still the case since trains have been coming by the house all morning. Someone who was down there said that the landslide across the road was almost up to the level of the telephone wires along the road. Who the hell needs another Wal-Mart anyway?
You are mistaken. The glaciers did not reach Pittsburgh.
It is the topography of the region that favors land subsidence.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map7.pdf
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/hazards/es9.pdf
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/es6/es6.pdf
Dave
mudchicken wrote: This may be an "ethics of the low bid thing" with the developer (not Wal-Mart, although the developer might be driven by Wal-Mart and it's presumed culture of low-balling ethics .) As flaky as geologists are, is there a geotechnical engineer in here too? Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are built on glaciated till which is not that uncommon for creating slip fault slides which you are taught from day one that you add to the potential of failure by placing overburden (and the effects of gravity) at the top of the slope . It will be interesting to see what the slope failure investigation turns up. (Was water the lubricant that triggered the slide on a layer of shale before stabilization piling was driven or cut (keyed-in) to anchor the hillside??)
This may be an "ethics of the low bid thing" with the developer (not Wal-Mart, although the developer might be driven by Wal-Mart and it's presumed culture of low-balling ethics .)
As flaky as geologists are, is there a geotechnical engineer in here too? Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are built on glaciated till which is not that uncommon for creating slip fault slides which you are taught from day one that you add to the potential of failure by placing overburden (and the effects of gravity) at the top of the slope . It will be interesting to see what the slope failure investigation turns up.
(Was water the lubricant that triggered the slide on a layer of shale before stabilization piling was driven or cut (keyed-in) to anchor the hillside??)
CShaveRR wrote: I guess their prices aren't the only thing getting lower! Look for a big, expensive clearance sometime soon! (And the store isn't even built yet, let alone opened!) Joe--heard anything about this from our Conway Redhead yet?
I guess their prices aren't the only thing getting lower!
Look for a big, expensive clearance sometime soon!
(And the store isn't even built yet, let alone opened!)
Joe--heard anything about this from our Conway Redhead yet?
nope nothing yet.but will keep trying.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
RJ
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a developer trying to build a wal-mart and other stores has caused landslides along rt 65 near pittsburgh pa and is holding up ns trains going into conway.http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_263062613.html
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