Chris Sadler is pictured digging out the dry stone wall at Froghall.

VOLUNTEERS have been learning the traditional skills of drystone walling to help repair a route which could soon become a scheduled ancient monument.

The Cauldon Plateway was the forerunner of todays railways and would transport raw materials in horse-drawn trucks, guided by metal rails on the ground.

Now part of the old line by Froghall Wharf, in the Moorlands, is being used as the backdrop for training courses.

A group of volunteers spent two days there last week, digging out a stretch of the retaining wall along theroute and repairing its stonework.

The wall, which dates back to the 18th century, had become almost hidden under mounds of earth.

Waller and advanced craftsman Andrew Brown-Jackson demonstrated the techniques.

He said: We havent been allowed to use any stuff thats not of the same age.

Much of the material used for the retaining wall here is grit stone.

The drystone techniques were originally used thousands of years ago and the traditional approach has changed little since then.

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The Northwest 16th Avenue project continues to generate emails, including one from Rebecca Howard regarding a retaining wall on the north side of the road just west of 24th Street.

Howard wanted to know why the wall is remaining in place despite its having chunks of concrete missing. Considering the time, tax dollars, and inconvenience that has gone into this project, one would think that this portion of deteriorating wall could be replaced as other portions have been.

Brian Singleton of Alachua County Public Works said the wall will be repaired by cutting the damaged area back to the reinforcing steel and replacing the areas with a concrete epoxy material.

Eleven other locations along the corridor will be repaired via the same method, Singleton said in an email.

Keep Alachua County Beautiful (KACB) has contacted the county regarding painting all the walls on the corridor so they have a consistent finish; the County will work will KACB to schedule the painting once construction is completed. The two walls that required replacement could not be repaired while maintaining their structural integrity.

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Mike Cataldo of Lake City often comes to Gainesville on Saturday mornings to visit the farmers market off U.S. 441 and 34th Street.

But the market can be difficult to find from some because overgrown vegetation blocks the sign for it, he said, suggesting some trimming.

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Kyle Busch will not race in today's Daytona 500 after fracturing his right leg in a violent crash into a concrete retaining wall during Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway, a crash that led Speedway President Joie Chitwood III to say the Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today.

Chitwood, who was visibly shaken, said Saturday night that a temporary tire barrier would line the 850-foot stretch of concrete wall for today's 500.

He said steel and foam energy reduction (SAFER) barriers would be added to every possible contact point around the 2.5-mile tri-oval before NASCAR returns in July.

We should have had a SAFER barrier there today; we did not, Chitwood said. We're going to fix that. We're going to fix that right now. We don't want to see any competitors injured here. We have to fix that. We can't allow this to happen again.

Busch, 29, was stabilized by Speedway medics at the crash site, then transported by ambulance to Halifax Health Medical Center for treatment.

Busch sustained a compound fracture of the right lower leg and was in surgery Saturday night, according to a statement from Joe Gibbs Racing team.

He also suffered a midfoot fracture of his left foot in the wreck.

Busch's injuries will sideline him for an undetermined period of time, the release said. Veteran Matt Crafton will serve as the interim driver for Busch's No. 18 Toyota for the Daytona 500. Crafton is a two-time NASCAR Truck Series champion.

Gibbs Racing said an interim driver has not been determined for any Cup races beyond Daytona.

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Published: February 20, 2015 - Updated: February 20, 2015 9:53 pm

ROGERSVILLE West Greene School Board, at a special meeting Thursday, reviewed the districts options to rebuilding the failed retaining wall at the new elementary center.

The board met with engineers for Michael Baker Jr. Inc. and agreed to move ahead with the construction of a reinforced concrete cantilever toe wall at the site, Superintendent Thelma Szarell said Friday.

Baker was authorized to prepare the engineering design and will complete the bidding process for the walls construction immediately, Szarell said.

The engineers presented several options to the board, all of which would satisfactorily result in construction of a safe, long-lasting retaining wall, she said.

At a building and sites committee meeting earlier this month, the board had reviewed a 700-page report prepared by Baker on the cause of retaining walls collapse. The findings of the report were not released at that time.

The retaining wall, which runs about 760 feet behind the new school and reaches 31 feet at its highest point, collapsed Nov. 6.

The general contractor on the school project, Liokareas Construction Co., filed a lawsuit last week against the district seeking damages for additional work it claims it was required to perform partly in response to issues involving the failed wall.

The company maintains in its suit the design of the wall was faulty. It also claims it had expressed concerns about the walls design on numerous occasions from the beginning of the project.

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