Thanks to JayDee for that photo and word that the stabilization project on the Ferry/California Way slope (near Seacrest) is finally under way. And today, he says, Ferry Avenue is posted as closed at the site, near the junction with California Way, over Harbor Ave. (map) The stabilization work has been needed since the December 2007 deluge and received approval this year.
Does anyone know what they do to stabilize the ground? Do they inject concrete or something into the ground? Any geologists among the WSB readership?
Driving by that scene looks pretty scarry..that track hoe must be sitting at 60*
It’s a shame that Seattle ever allowed this hillside to be developed above and below. This hillside is apparently very unstable and wants to do its own thing. Now Seattle, also apparently, has no choice but to spend millions every few years to stop Mother Nature. We’ll never learn.
Yes, artsea we should eliminate all roads, development and housing to allow our young geologic hills to continue to slough off into Puget Sound.
Remove development from view hillsides and hilltops.
Remove developmewnt along Harbor Ave and the roadway itself.
Tear down the Alki Gold Coast and all of the Sunset Ave Homes above it.
Don’t build roads on hills.
What is left?
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