So I walk past the collapsed retaining wall tonight and see they are putting it back up in lightning speed (before the news media gets wind of it) and they are using THE SAME block as before, but it looks like a different backfill. It’s like they are building the Great Wall of China out of leggos. It’s pretty obvious this stone is too lightweight and small to be stacked this high, but hey, I’m no landscaping engineer.
So who wants to start a pool on how long this one is going to last?
Ok, so why does the media not cover this?! Where is the investigative reporting in this town? It is shoddy work and looks like it’s being rebuilt in the same way!
One would think people’s safety would be paramount in building in a sturdy retaining wall that overlooks the bike trail!
It appears this is part of the River Greenway Project, Phase II (can someone verify this is not the Hilton’s Wall).
IF it is part of the River Greenway Project, Confluence (Jon Jacobsen, Principal, 524 North Main Avenue, SFSD) would be responsible for the design and execution of the Wall.
anon, good question. Is it city property? Not sure. It would seem that since it abuts the Hilton and goes up to the bike trail, it would be Hotel property. Either way, whether the city is paying for it, or the Hotel, they are still using tax money, the Hilton got a TIF.
I’m in for $20, I believe it’ll only last 10 months and 12 days.
I love how they put that crappy safety net up to protect the first friday crowd. The entire sidewalk should have been closed.
Not sure who the crew supervisor is, they were all speaking spanish when I drove by.
Huether walls are inferior construction. First the events center, now this. If they’ll just hold till the end of his term. Then, a new mayor can expose the real Huether and (forthcoming) voters will learn to recognize his type. We (the people) have midwest values. Our honesty and trust made us susceptable. It’ll be expensive to fix and maintain his Hollywood sets. Perhaps there can be real walls and substance. It’s a shame that we had tax revenue foolishly spent on wailing walls.
Perhaps Channel 16 could be restructured so there’s local news. KELO and the Argus have become restricted social media biased toward this dictatorship. KELO should become KENO for lucky occasions when real corruption gets reported.
Those little black squares in the second row from the bottom are plastic drain holes. Don’t know if that was the problem they corrected, but it sure will look classy down there once they take the little price tag stickers off. I hope this isn’t gonna be another spot where there is water running perpetually over the trail.
If there will be irrigation (sprinklers) above – yes, there will be a perpetual oozing of H2O. This wall should be poured in place, reinforced, with dead-men anchoring into to fill behind. Want a nice “face” on it (which is why they are using “landscape blocks”) – lay up a stone facia. The approach they’re using will NEVER last more than 5-8 years. Poured-in-place, etc. – 100 + years.
I bet that two-year-old kid from Elements was banging on it. I hear he’s a powerful little @#$%@%^.
Ruf, it only needs to last until Huether gets elected governor in 2018 🙂
HG, or maybe the kitchen was pouring some of their lousy food on it? Or better yet, it collapsed under the weight of all the FB comments?
Not sure who the crew supervisor is, they were all speaking spanish when I drove by. Reason for all Spanish crew? Not enough Americans In Sioux Falls to do that kind of manual labor! Sad!
Oh, there is enough, they just won’t do that kind of labor for that wage.
Plenty of able bodied folks hanging out a Van Eps park!!!
I’m such a racist.