Dickson Road Monitoring Reveals Slight Hillside Movement

Engineers monitoring a landslide-prone neighborhood in Sewickley have discovered slight earth movement.

Solicitor Richard Tucker told borough council Monday night that a monitoring report revealed approximately 1-inch of horizontal and vertical movement over the course of three months.

The area of Dickson Road, Miller Street and Farren Street is located within an "ancient land-slide zone," meaning the hillside has sliding potential, particularly when it's wet, according to a geotechnical report.

Residents were notified in December of the sliding potential and the borough's plans to monitor water flow and movement in the hillside on a monthly basis.

Officials have said no homes are in immediate danger, and that only the roadway appears to be affected.

Engineers from Garvin Boward Beitko also indicated that retaining walls in two key areas would help stabilize the hillside. The work is expected to take place in 2014.

In other business, council announced the borough has been awarded funds from the Quaker Valley Council of Governments for its demolition project.

Tucker said the project involves three abandoned homes on Dickson Road.

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