Rebuilding the wall

Glenn Construction was recently hired to rebuild the retaining wall along the west side of Moorcroft’s maintenance yard east of Westview Park.

The rebuild includes the installation of three new drains and associated “inlet boxes” at strategic points within the reconstructed wall to ensure run off has an avenue of escape without again knocking the giant Lego type concrete blocks over.

Contractor Ben Glenn explained that the original plans for the area around the yard had three tiered walls to mitigate the weight of the water.

“But due to budgets and everything, there is only one wall and if you...