A driver in Anne Arundel County remains in critical condition after his car veered off the road and struck a concrete retaining wall early Saturday.

The collision happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Catherine Avenue, near Harlem Avenue, in Pasadena.

When police officers responded to the scene, they found the driver, a 29-year-old Severna Park man, outside the car.

The car was badly damaged and the driver appeared seriously injured, police said.

The driver was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment. Police did not have details about his injuries but said they are potentially life-threatening.

There were no other victims, and no other vehicles were involved in the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but it appears that speed was a contributing factor, police said. It has not been determined whether the driver was intoxicated at the time of the crash.

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BEVERLY HILLS - An off-duty Beverly Hills police officer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he crashed a pickup truck into a telephone pole, a house and a retaining wall in Simi Valley, police said Wednesday. | POLICE NEWS

The crash happened at 10:22 p.m. Tuesday on Royal Avenue near Blackstock Avenue, said Simi Valley police Sgt. Greg Dungan. The pickup came to rest on its roof atop the retaining wall, he said.

The crash caused the rupture of a natural gas line, prompting the evacuation of two homes until a fire crew shut the line off, Dungan said.

The officer, identified as Jeffrey Sweet, 42, of Simi Valley, was taken to a hospital after complaining of pain and was later arrested after investigating officers spoke with him and suspected he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, he said.

Sweet was booked into Ventura County Jail, according to Dungan, who said representatives from the Beverly Hills Police Department responded and assisted in the investigation.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

MAYOR Mauricio Domogan on Wednesday expressed confidence that the city can beat the 20-month deadline set the by the court to rehabilitate and convert the Irisan dump facility into an eco-park.

This as the city continues to face setbacks on the implementation of the project to rehabilitate the collapsed retaining wall to stabilize the area.

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The mayor assured that the city will do its best to comply with the terms of the consent decree that settled the Writ of Kalikasan to stop the use of waste facility.

As I see it, we can beat the deadline, he assured.

The mayor said they are closely monitoring the retaining wall project which remained unimplemented due to issues on the program of works.

He said procedures require every plan and specifications to be checked and approved by the national office of the Dept. of Public Works and Highways and this has been causing the delay.

A recent setback, he disclosed, was that when the approved documents arrived from the DPWH, the technical working committee formed by the mayor to formulate the structural plans and which includes experts from the universities in the city discovered that a project component deemed vital to the stability of the supposed all-weather structure was removed.

This he said caused Saint Louis University dean Bonifacio Dela Pena, a member of the committee, to refuse to sign the program of work saying that without the said component, he cannot assure the safety of the structure.

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The police officer involved in a foot chase of a Niagara Falls teenager who jumped over a retaining wall and fell to his death into the Niagara Gorge will not be charged.

A news release from the Special Investigations unit states that director Ian Scott has concluded there are no reasonalbe grounds to charge suject officer Const. Jacob Smits with any criminal offence in relation to the death of 18-year-old Ryan Dube.

The SIU, an arms-length body that probes reports involving police in cases where there has been a death or serious injury, assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances surroundign the incident. In all, four witness officers and 17 civillian witnesses were interviewed.

The release also notes Const. Smits did not participate in an SIU interview, nor did he provide investigators with a copy of his duty notes, as is his legal right.

The investigation looked into the events of the evening of July 24, and the news release provides a detailed accounting of what the investigators determined happened.

The investigators found that shortly after 5 p.m., Const. Smits was dispatched to check an address for Mr. Dube who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for breach of probation. This was in contrast to reports This Week received that the officer was responding to a disturbance call at Nightlight group home, where Dube was staying. Representatives from Boys and Girls Club of Niagara, which operates the group home, maintained there was no disturbance.

Const. Smits found Dube walking with a friend in the area of Ontario Avenue and Otter Street and told Dube about the warrant. Const. Smits went back to his cruiser to grab a pen and paper and to radio in that he had Dube in custody and that no other assistance was needed.

According to the investigation, Dube took this opportunity to run away, with Const. Smits in pursuit, first in his cruiser and then on foot. Dube ran across River Road, down an incline to a retaining wall separating the road from the Niagara Gorge.

The wall is between three to four feet high and made of stone. On the other side, the ground juts out about five feet on a decline, and then there is a big drop-off into the gorge.

When Dube reached the wall, he put his hands on top and propelled himself over. Const. Smits ran to the wall, hesitated for a brief moment and then also propelled himself over.

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The deteriorating retaining walls along the River Raisin at Comstock Park will cost far more to replace than originally estimated, Adrian city commissioners were told Monday, but there is also more money than expected in the citys treasury.

Commissioners received a report showing revenue exceeded spending by $361,789 in the year-end unaudited financial report for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

Total revenue of $9,928,214 was hurt by a shortfall of $173,153 in property tax collections. However that was largely offset by unexpected revenue from oil leases ($160,000) and savings such as increased employee health care contributions ($177,000) and other factors.

Im very proud of the staff, city administrator Dane Nelson said. Overall, we managed very well.

After reviewing several options on the retaining wall project, the commission voted Monday to accept the low bid of $644,585 from LJ Construction Co. of Clifford to build a new retaining wall. The 7-0 vote came after bids exceeded the original estimate in March, which pegged replacing the wooden walls at $312,000 or a total of $340,000 to replace them with concrete.

Nelson told commissioners that actual bids came in about 40 percent more costly for all three options wood, concrete or block, and steel that the engineering firm considered.

The only other option I see is to get a different engineer, Nelson said. Of course that would put the project off another year. We have a dangerous situation in which the wall is falling. Wed have to shore that up.

The proposal by engineer ROWE Professional Services Co. of Flint includes building a cofferdam to divert water during construction, along with excavation, installation of steel panels, rebuilding the wall with block and terracing the hillside. The steel panels would then be cut near the water line and left in place to help prevent erosion under the base of the wall.

The proposed wall is expected to last for 70 years, Nelson said. Reinforced wooden walls such as the current one have about a 30-year lifespan.

Commissioner Jerry Gallatin asked if city staff agreed that a 70-year solution was the better option.

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A portion of interstate was shut down for several hours after an 18-wheeler hit the retaining wall late Sunday night.

The accident happened on the I-10 East ramp to I-110 North just before 11 p.m.

The Baton Rouge Police Department said the tractor trailer slammed into the barrier on the onramp and the cab partially went over the side.

The big rig spilled its load in the process.

The driver was not injured.

It is unknown what it was hauling, but the material was not hazardous.

Investigators reported the truck driver refused to cooperate but added it appears the driver lost control and hit the wall several times before the semi stopped on it.

The driver was taken in for questioning. The driver's name has not been released.

BRPD has not said if charges will be filed. Officers will likely release the name if charges are filed.

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9 August, 2012

SCIRT Media Statement: Retaining Walls Rebuild Continues In Lyttelton

Good news for residents in Lytteltons Cunningham Terrace and Sumner Road: all easement agreements required for retaining wall ground anchors have now been received by SCIRT. Work will begin on Cunningham Terrace the week beginning 27 August. It is expected to take about eight months.

We are delighted to have this work back on track again, said Duncan Gibb, SCIRT General Manager. Its been a long wait for people at a time when everyone wants certainty.

Meanwhile, on the east side of the port town, retaining wall work that was stopped on Sumner Road resumes on 20 August. A works notice has gone into letterboxes this week.

Preparatory work on both projects was curtailed while easement agreements from all affected land owners were finalised.

The easements for the Christchurch City Council cover the positioning of ground anchors under private properties. Ground anchors are horizontally-drilled steel pins encased in concrete. They provide greatly increased strength to the retaining wall and the road, particularly in the event of any future earthquakes, as well as increased security for residents and road users.

Where ground anchors have been used in the past on Lytteltons Dublin Street and Sutton Quay retaining walls, they have stood up extremely well through the earthquakes. Other streets in Lyttelton are also getting rebuilt retaining walls with preparatory work starting in several places.

Retaining walls city-wide SCIRT will be rebuilding hundreds of publicly-owned retaining walls in the Port Hills. Many more are on private property and will be rebuilt by land owners, as part of earthquake repairs.

SCIRT has prioritised the repair of retaining walls that have impacts on roads, underground services, such as wastewater and water supply, or have a risk of failure that could cause public safety or access issues. Retaining walls above three metres in height may require ground anchors to hold them in place.

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SCIRT: Retaining Walls Rebuild Continues In Lyttelton

Good news for residents in Lyttelton's Cunningham Terrace and Sumner Road: all easement agreements required for retaining wall ground anchors have now been received by SCIRT. Work will begin on Cunningham Terrace the week beginning 27 August. It is expected to take about eight months.

"We are delighted to have this work back on track again," said Duncan Gibb, SCIRT General Manager. "It's been a long wait for people at a time when everyone wants certainty."

Meanwhile, on the east side of the port town, retaining wall work that was stopped on Sumner Road resumes on 20 August. A works notice has gone into letterboxes this week.

Preparatory work on both projects was curtailed while easement agreements from all affected land owners were finalised.

The easements for the Christchurch City Council cover the positioning of ground anchors under private properties. Ground anchors are horizontally-drilled steel pins encased in concrete. They provide greatly increased strength to the retaining wall and the road, particularly in the event of any future earthquakes, as well as increased security for residents and road users.

Where ground anchors have been used in the past on Lyttelton's Dublin Street and Sutton Quay retaining walls, they have stood up extremely well through the earthquakes. Other streets in Lyttelton are also getting rebuilt retaining walls with preparatory work starting in several places.

Retaining walls city-wide

SCIRT will be rebuilding hundreds of publicly-owned retaining walls in the Port Hills. Many more are on private property and will be rebuilt by land owners, as part of earthquake repairs.

SCIRT has prioritised the repair of retaining walls that have impacts on roads, underground services, such as wastewater and water supply, or have a risk of failure that could cause public safety or access issues. Retaining walls above three metres in height may require ground anchors to hold them in place.

"Rebuilding these publicly-owned retaining walls is extremely important for the people who live and work throughout the Port Hills," said Duncan Gibb. "These walls benefit people living next to them and also road users, pedestrians, local businesses and anyone who is serviced by the underground pipes located inside the road.

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MAPLETON Construction of a long-needed replacement for a key retaining wall on Sweet Creek Road begins this week, marking the start of a 16-month-long project that will include several night road closures.

The 370-yard-long retaining wall is showing signs of weakening, and the adjacent roadbed has been damaged over the years by floods and mudslides. A portion of the road has been reduced to a single lane controlled with traffic signals for more than a year.

The $6.1 million project will replace the retaining wall and restore the road to two-way traffic. Because Sweet Creek Road provides access to important federal timberland, the Federal Highway Administration is covering 95 percent of the cost. The rest, about $250,000, is coming from Lane Countys road fund.

During construction, the road will be closed entirely several times. But those closures will be limited to nights between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. and will be announced in advance on roadside signs and on a special, toll-free information line.

The number for the Sweet Creek project information line is 855-263-9169. The first night closure of the road is scheduled for Aug. 12-15.

When the road is open, travel will be controlled by the existing traffic signals or by construction flaggers. At other times the road will be closed with hourly, five-minute openings to let cars through. Those will happen at five minutes before the hour.

Sweet Creek Road roughly parallels Highway 126 on the south side of the Siuslaw River for several miles before turning into the Coast Range forests. It runs several miles south and west of Mapleton, providing access to 68 homes and about 30,000 acres of national forestland, as well as private timberland.

The retaining wall is about 2 miles southwest of Mapleton. Made of steel pilings and concrete, the wall keeps mud and earth from sliding down onto the road, but it is deteriorating to the point that it must be replaced, county officials said.

About 5 million board feet of timber are harvested each year from the forestland served by the road, the county said.

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