The wall at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (credit: CBS)

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) A massive airport retaining wall built just a few years ago is already failing and its costing the public a bundle of money. The airport manager says it could not have been predicted.

The retaining wall is on the north end of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield.

Theres generally concern that, Is the wall crumbling? Is it falling down? Airport Manager Ken Maenpa said.

The 70-foot-high wall, which supports a new taxiway, has a massive crack in it. Its big enough to fit an arm in. Dirt is pouring out and the instability shows in jagged cracks throughout.

Since we discovered, and got confirmation that the wall was indeed moving, its impacted a lot of people, including myself, because weve all been working together on solutions to stop it from moving, Maenpa said.

At one point airport administrators say the wall was moving as much as three inches every week. They had to temporarily stop using a road on top of the wall. Theyve poured 12,000 cubic yards of dirt at the base of the wall to help stabilize things. The project is now encroaching on state Highway 128.

So far the airport has had to spend about $250,000 in public money to buttress the problem wall, but a permanent fix will cost a whole lot more.

Authorities say they suddenly discovered this year water was flowing under the wall hundred gallons a day eating away at the foundation.

A term that I would use is unforeseen condition. When you go through and youre using good engineering practices when youre designing something and doing everything that you should do and something like water appears out of nowhere thats whose fault, if you want to start talking about fault, thats the best that we could probably come up with right now, Maenpa said.

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AFTER a slight delay brought about by the collapse of a retaining wall on the project site, construction of the Horizons 101 residential condominium is set to resume as real estate developer Taft Property Ventures Development Corp. and contractor DDT Konstract Inc. signed the contract to build what is expected to be Cebus tallest twin towers.

The synergy of Taft Property and DDT Konstract will further characterize Cebus skyline to become what a truly world-class city should be. Horizons 101 is just the beginning in building new horizons, said Taft Property chief operating officer Manuel Colayco.

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Cave-in

Construction of the project was halted last April after part of a retaining wall in an excavation caved in, affecting about 10 homes. Repairs were made on the retaining wall and to some homes affected by the cave in.

Following the lifting of the cease and desist order two weeks ago, officials of the project assured that the slight delay did not affect the expected date of completion and that the first tower will be done by 2015.

The company chose DDT Konstract to build the towers. The firm built several other buildings such as the Lexmark tower at the Cebu Business Park, eBloc building at the Cebu IT Park and the SM City Consolacion. The contactor was also behind the construction of the temple of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Lahug and is erecting towers for Globe Telecom at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and Banco de Oro at Ortigas Center in Mandaluyong.

DDT chairman and president Danilo Tamayo said they will use the latest in technology in constructing the building, including pre-cast technology, wherein concrete is cast into a reusable mold and then brought to a construction site and put into place.

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A vehicle struck the retaining wall on the elevated Park Avenue Viaduct, causing debris to fall onto the street below on Tuesday evening, the FDNY said.

A vehicle struck the retaining wall on the elevated Park Avenue Viaduct, causing debris to fall onto the street below on Tuesday evening, the FDNY said.

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Woman arrested for DUI after car hits home, runs over Lynn Garden retaining wall Published July 31st, 2012 3:45 am

Kingsport police have arrested a motorist who allegedly struck a home off of Lynn Garden Drive, then fled the scene and drove over a nearby retaining wall.

The incident began at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday. Kingsport Police Department Officer Gerald Ray said a Chevrolet Beretta was attempting to turn around on McConnell Lane, a dead-end street. The car reportedly struck a home, damaging a screen door and heat pump unit, before driving away.

The driver then piloted the car over the edge of a wooden retaining wall located behind an apartment complex beside the Highway Boutique.

Unable to drive any farther, and requiring a tow truck to remove the car, the woman was arrested at the scene.

Keila Gilbert, 36, is charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license.

Immediately after the wreck, police were attempting to locate a second individual who was allegedly in the car but exited and ran away following the hit and run with the home on McConnell Lane. An investigation is continuing, with additional charges pending.

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Woman arrested for DUI after car hits home, runs over Lynn Garden retaining wall Published July 31st, 2012 3:45 am

Kingsport police have arrested a motorist who allegedly struck a home off of Lynn Garden Drive, then fled the scene and drove over a nearby retaining wall.

The incident began at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday. Kingsport Police Department Officer Gerald Ray said a Chevrolet Beretta was attempting to turn around on McConnell Lane, a dead-end street. The car reportedly struck a home, damaging a screen door and heat pump unit, before driving away.

The driver then piloted the car over the edge of a wooden retaining wall located behind an apartment complex beside the Highway Boutique.

Unable to drive any farther, and requiring a tow truck to remove the car, the woman was arrested at the scene.

Keila Gilbert, 36, is charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license.

Immediately after the wreck, police were attempting to locate a second individual who was allegedly in the car but exited and ran away following the hit and run with the home on McConnell Lane. An investigation is continuing, with additional charges pending.

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Kingsport DUI suspect strikes home, drives car over embankment Published July 30th, 2012 4:14 pm

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Kingsport police have arrested a motorist who allegedly struck a home off of Lynn Garden Drive, then fled the scene and drove over a nearby retaining wall.

The incident began at approximately 3:30 Monday afternoon. Kingsport Police Officer Gerald Ray says a Chevrolet Beretta was attempting to turn around on McConnell Lane, a dead-end street. The car reportedly struck a home, damaging a screen door and heat pump unit, before driving away. The driver then piloted the car over the edge of a wooden retaining wall, located behind an apartment complex beside the Highway Boutique.

Unable to drive any further, and requiring a tow truck to remove the car, the woman was arrested at the scene. Keila Gilbert, 36, is charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license.

Immediately after the wreck police were attempting to locate a second individual who was allegedly in the car, but exited and ran away following the hit and run with the home on McConnell Lane. An investigation is continuing with additional charges pending.

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With an agreement between the town and Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts in place, a retaining wall at the new school construction site wont be needed.

A temporary easement provides access to the site of the new middle and high school. Selectmen approved a license agreement Monday night that allows the town to work on a specific area of Wildlands Trust property in order to build the school and reslope a portion of the Wildlands Trust property.

Selectman Shawn Dahlen said the plan to cut down some trees, reslope part of the property and do some landscaping is the preferred alternative to building a retaining wall.

It will be a preferable long-term solution, he said.

According to School Building Committee Chairman Elizabeth Lewis, the site contractor has installed erosion control in the form of hay bales, silt fencing and construction fencing around the work areas.Work is underway to install temporary parking at the high school site along the front and west side of the property. Tree cutting is complete and gravel will be placed in these areas.

Behind Alden elementary, a portion of the fields area has been cleared and graveled to provide an area for the contractor trailers and parking, and an access road has been installed from Alden Street near the tennis courts to the contractors staging area. The existing paved roads behind the middle school have been reclaimed (removed and pulverized) for the contractor access roads.

Shortly, the storage shed and concessions buildings behind the middle school will be demolished. Work on the building pad will begin this week.The soil below the building foundations has to be removed and recompacted, which will take place over the course of the next month.

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the co-located middle and high school was held in June. The school is expected to be completed in two years and be ready for its first students in the fall of 2014.

The towns share of the $128 million model school building project is $77 million, with the Massachusetts School Building Authority contributing more than $51 million, or approximately 44 percent, of the cost.

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A man is dead and a police officer has suffered a broken leg after a chase resulted in both the man and the officer falling over a retaining wall into the Niagara Gorge.

Ontarios Special Investigations Unit released a statement saying a Niagara Regional Police Officer was chasing a man on River Rd. between Eastwood St. and Otter St. shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

A short time later, they both went over the gorge wall and into the Niagara gorge, said the statement.

Witnesses claim police were chasing a man when he jumped over a retaining wall.

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A police officer is transported from the scene Tuesday evening.

The SIU is a provincial arms-length agency that investigates incidents of death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault involving police. They have assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of the incident.

The male police officer was rescued in a bucket that was lowered into the gorge he is said to be in serious condition. The SIU statement said the officer sustained a broken femur.

The officer was transported by air ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital, the nearest trauma centre. Jennifer Tracey, spokeswoman for ORNGE, said he was first taken by land ambulance to a local park nearby where the air ambulance had landed. She said the ride to the hospital is about 10 to 15 minutes. The helicopter left the scene at about 7:50 p.m.

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