Somebody Do Something: Rickety retaining wall on South Side Easton street

"There is a small piece of land next to my property at 543 W. Wilkes-Barre St. that is owned by Northampton County," says Roslyn Kilpatrick. "There is a retaining wall that is now very unsafe. It is only being held up by tree roots that are exposed."

Kilpatrick says she complained last year because old tree roots had fallen out of the wall.

"They sent some guys up to repair the wall. Or so I thought," Kilpatrick says. "They only put little bits of cement in some cracks and picked up logs and branches. There are now roots growing through my yard and my neighbors' which eventually will be under my house and damage my foundation."

Kilpatrick says children often play in the area even though they are told to stay away.

"It is very unsafe and is an eyesore for my property and others," says Kilpatrick. "One day, someone will get hurt. Maybe a bad wind or snowstorm and that wall will collapse."

Somebody Do Something is a regular feature in which we focus on problem spots in the Lehigh Valley and northwest New Jersey.

Among the problems we've drawn attention to are rundown buildings (one was cleaned up), dangerous or confusing traffic intersections (one was fixed), broken stairs (that were fixed), a bumpy road (that was fixed), a dangerous storm drain (that was fixed), an uneven driveway (that was fixed), a confusing mailbox (that was moved), a teetering pole (that was removed), a shoddy-looking U.S. flagpole (that was spruced up) and propped-up utility pole (that was replaced).

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Somebody Do Something: Rickety retaining wall on South Side Easton street