June 20, 2014 Updated Jun 20, 2014 at 8:14 PM CDT

Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- Construction work is starting on Skyline Parkway specifically in the Chester Bowl Park area to repair damage from the June 2012 flood.

The flood caused damage to the roadway, embankment, concrete and stone retaining walls. Work will begin on Wednesday, June 25.

Crews will start with roadway improvements and eventually reinforce a failing roadway slope; which all takes place in the eastern portions of Skyline Parkway.

You will be unable to access Skyline Parkway and Chester Bowl Park from the east side. This closure is expected to last until August 11, 2014. Due to this construction, access to Chester Bowl Park will be closed and is expected to remain closed into late fall 2014.

Once the eastern part of Skyline Parkway is reopened, then the west side into Chester Bowl Park will be closed until Nov. 10, 2014. This will allow for repairs to be made to the bridge over Chester Creek Park, the stone retaining wall and other road construction.

At least one lane to access Chester Bowl Park throughout this ordeal will remain open at all times. All of the driveways that are in the area of construction will not be closed off.

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In an instant, one man's recent afternoon trip across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was transformed from monotonous drive to terrifying ordeal. The motorist lost control, and his pickup truck hit the left wall of the southbound span, careened across the lanes and struck the right wall before plummeting into the lake.

Christian Pate, 26, of LaPlace was lucky to survive the ordeal. Others haven't been so fortunate.

But the May 31 accident was similar to many of the other incidents in which vehicles have vaulted into the lake since 1995.

All 11 accidents took place on the Causeway's southbound span, whose concrete retaining walls stand 25 inches high from the roadway, some 6 inches lower than those on the newer northbound span.

Most involved inattentive drivers behind the wheel of large pickups or SUVs. And in most cases, the vehicle hit at least one wall before ricocheting across the span, climbing the opposite wall and flying over the side, authorities said.

Next month, members of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute will visit the 24-mile bridge to begin testing some of the design options they've come up with to improve the southbound span's retaining walls and prevent vehicles from vaulting into the lake.

Bridge officials have long fretted about the safety issue on the span, and the Causeway Commission voted last December to spend up to $100,000 to hire the institute.

Tests will be conducted on two basic designs that call for adding steel posts and railings atop the existing concrete walls.

One option features 21-inch tall steel posts and two steel railings that would be bolted atop the concrete wall and stand 46 inches above the roadway. Tests will be done on two varieties of this design, the difference being the thickness of the base plate.

The second design calls for steel posts and single rail that would increase the height of the existing barrier by 12 inches, bringing it to 37 inches above the road.

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The debate is between the owner of the home up a hill on 26th Avenue and residents living at the foot of the hill.

"I've been fighting this for a very long time," resident Judy Lenberg said.

Lenberg and other residents said they have had mud flowing down the hill into their property. Now they're worried about a retaining wall the neighbor is building. They don't think it's stable.

"Look at those cement blocks, if we had a flash flood like last year, that stuff will wash right down here in my backyard," Lenberg said.

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