Getting Results: railroad-tie retaining wall replaced

SAN ANTONIO A northeast side neighborhood is getting results after years of living next to a crumbling retaining wall that put homes and lives in danger.

A News 4 Trouble Shooter investigation more than a year ago revealed the wall was being held up by railroad ties, but Feather Ridge homeowners faced an uphill battle to get it repaired or replaced.

After that investigation aired, the city and CPS Energy agreed to build a new wall one that can withstand decades of heavy rain.

Its the Fort Knox protecting the neighborhood off Judson Road near I-35.

Its an engineering feat, homeowner Mitch Marszalek says.

Its also the scenic view out the backyard.

And its beautiful, homeowner Judy Brice says.

But a beauty you can only appreciate if you saw what was there before.

"It was crazy, Marszalek says. It was like the Grand Canyon back here."

Neighbors called it a death trap, worried with each heavy rain that it would collapse.

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Getting Results: railroad-tie retaining wall replaced