YEAR AND SHE'S FROM MINNESOTA.
FROM MINNESOTA'S MOST
WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4
NEWS.
A ROCKSLIDE THAT HAPPENED
TWO MONTHS AGO MAY BE CAUSING
DAMAGE TO HOMES.
THE CITY CLOSED THE ROAD FOR
THE SUMMER.
THAT MOVED FORCED TRAFFIC ONTO
SIDE STREETS AND THAT'S
APPARENTLY A PROBLEM FOR THE
TAYLOR FAMILY.
TAYLOR DAVIS JOINS US LIVE WITH
WHAT THEY'RE BLAMING FOR CRACKS
IN THEIR RETAINING WALL.
ANGELA?
Reporter: AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME, THERE'S STILL RUBBLE
AND DEBRIS IN THE STREET
FOLLOWING THAT ROCKSLIDE ON
APRIL 28TH.
BUT WE DO KNOW NEXT WEEK CREWS
WILL GET IN HERE TO BUILD A
RETAINING WALL.
WHEN IT'S DONE, WABASHAW STREET
WILL REOPEN.
TODAY WE TALKED TO A FAMILY
WILL FAMILY LIVING IN A HOUSE
AT THE TOP OF THE BLUFF.
THEY TELL ME THAT EVERYDAY
TRAFFIC IS DETOURED ON THEIR
STREET, THEY'RE SEEING MORE
DAMAGE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
Reporter: OHIO STREET IS NOT
A ROUTE FOR TRUCKS, AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT THE SIGNS SAY.
BUT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
HEAVY TRAFFIC HAS BARRELED DOWN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
WE SEE EVERYTHING FROM FULL
FUEL SEMIS TO FULL SEMI PRODUCE
TRUCKS UP AND DOWN THE STREET
ON A DAILY BASIS.
Reporter: WHEN THIS FAMILY
BOUGHT THE HOUSE THREE YEARS
AGO, IT WAS VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN
ST. PAUL THAT CAPTURED THEIR
HEARTS.
NOW THEY HAVE THIS TO LOOK AT.
YOU CAN SEE THE WALL IS
CRUMBLING AT ITS BASE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BRICKS
THAT HAVE ALREADY DETERIORATED
AND COME OUT POSSIBLY CRUMBLING
AND THAT ARE COME OUT AND COME
ON THE DRIVEWAY.
Reporter: KRISTEN RAU WAS
HIRED BY THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT
THE PROBLEM.
TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED BY
VOLUME AND WEIGHT.
THE WALL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY
DETERIORATED.
Reporter: THE TAYLORS
BELIEVE THE CRACKING AND
CRUMBLING OF THEIR WALL IS
DIRECTLY TIED TO TRAFFIC THAT'S
BEEN REROUTED ONTO THIS STREET
BECAUSE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL
AND THE RECENT CLOSURE OF
WABASHAW STREET.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DETERIORATION THAT'S HAPPENED
TO THE WALL HAS BEEN THE LAST
TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE
SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS OF THE
WALL.
AND WE'RE FRUSTRATED AND WE
WANT IT FIXED.
THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE
ROAD AND THE IMPACT THE ROAD
HAS ON OUR PROPERTY.
AND WE WANT THEM TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
Reporter: THE TAYLORS TELL
ME WHEN THEY BOUGHT THAT HOUSE
IN 2015, THEY HAD AN INSPECTION
DONE ON THE RETAINING WALL AND
IT REVEALED NO PROBLEMS WITH
IT.
THEY ARE ASKING THE CITY TO
ENFORCE THE LAW THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO KEEP HEAVY TRUCKS
AND BUSES OFF OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND PAY FOR
THE REPAIR OF THEIR RETAINING
WALL THAT GOES AROUND THEIR
PROPERTY, FRANK AND AMELIA.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE AN
ATTORNEY OBVIOUSLY.
BUT WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS, ANGELA?
Reporter: WE DID REACH OUT
TO THE CITY AND WE HEARD BACK
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
THEY DID CONFIRM THE STAFF
THERE HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER
FROM THE TAYLORS' ATTORNEY AND
THEY SAY THEY TAKE MATTERS
RAISED BY ST. PAUL RESIDENTS
VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY DO
INTEND TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.
