In 1989, Andy Johnson stood atop his property at 3895 Tanglefoot Court in Bettendorf and inspected his three newly installed retaining walls built to halt erosion above Stafford Creek.

The night before, a heavy rainstorm washed away dirt he added to his walls. Slipping on the wet grass, Johnson said he flipped over his top retaining wall "head over heels" and fell onto the second wall before hitting his head and eventually landing on his feet beside the creek. Johnson, now 62, suffered a mild concussion.

Before investing hours of work and more than $5,000 into a rot-treated retaining wall, Johnson said he approached the city of Bettendorf for help.

I talked to the city and said, Hey, weve got this major problem, and asked if there was anything they could do for us, and they basically said there is no easement or property that belongs to them, Johnson said.

City Administrator Decker Ploehn said the city still does not own land along Stafford Creek, but Bettendorf staff has plans to remove vegetation to reshape the creek bed and install a retaining wall.

At this weeks city council committee-of-the-whole meeting, Bettendorf aldermen decided they would revisit the issue during the councils first meeting in May. Bettendorf homeowners along both sides of Stafford Creek near 18th Street remain divided about the future landscape of the banks.

Residents whose property abuts the southwest side of Stafford Creek on Tanglefoot Court hope the city follows through with the plans to curb erosion. On the other side, residents northeast of Stafford Creek on Kingsway Drive fear losing their privacy and want vegetation to grow without interference.

Currently, four property owners along Kingsway Drive are not willing to sign an easement, and three of the four have hired a Bettendorf lawyer. Meanwhile, three property owners along Tanglefoot Court, including Johnson, have signed the easement.

Bill McDonald, one of Bettendorfs 24 full-time, paid firefighters on the combination force, lives at 3915 Tanglefoot Court with his wife and three daughters. McDonald moved into his home 10 years ago and contacted the city when his retaining wall slowly began to sink and the slope leading down to the creek grew steeper.

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Kingston, Luzerne County -- It's a vacant property in Kingston that was once home decades ago to King's Miracle Mart department store and in more recent years Reilly Classic Cars. Now, a tarp-covered crumbling wall just adds to what neighbors on South Dawes Avenue consider an eyesore. "In the summertime, you get weeds as tall as I am and then all the neighbors complain and then they come and they cut the weeds all down," said Sally Dawes. Fellow Kingston resident Mark Wanko added, "It's a mess. You know, it's just neglected and it's not Mr. Reilly's fault."

The vacant property is owned by 84-year-old Charles Reilly of Kingston who for years has tried to sell the property. Mr. Reilly told Eyewitness News that on three separate occasions he had a buyer for the parcel of land but each time was thwarted because of issues over the retaining wall and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "The wall has been failing for many years. There's been a long delay in this project," said Kingston Municipal Administrator Paul Keating.

Mr. Keating says the government balked at developing the property fearing that disrupting the wall could cause earth erosion near the Wyoming Valley Levee System. Now that the wall has crumbled, Kingston will use government grant money to take down the entire wall which is hundreds of feet long between Market and Pierce Streets. The borough will have the wall area graded and reinforced to the Army Corps of Engineers' liking. Then finally, development of the property may become a reality. "Our goal is to partner with the Reilly family to turn that into some viable tax producing property for the municipality," said Mr. Keating. Neighbors look forward to that day. "It would be nice to see something back there. Something we could all use," said Ms. McDavitt. Mr. Wanko added, "Something that would, you know, kind of help the community."

Mr. Keating says ideally he would like to see some combination of residential, office space and possible restaurants along the side of the levee. As of now, there is no timetable for any of that. Meanwhile, the project to take down the retaining wall at the Reilly property could begin Thursday or Friday and be completed by mid-May weather permitting.

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The church has had scaffolding on it since the 1980s, but Reading Borough Council has now given permission for parts of the wall to be demolished and rebuilt

The Grade II-listed wall of St Laurence Church propped up with scaffolding since the 1980s is to be repaired at last.

Reading Borough Councils planning committee approved plans on Wednesday to demolish five sections of the wall and rebuild them on new concrete foundations where necessary and reusing existing bricks.

It's wall beginning to come together finally

The work programme has been backed by English Heritage, but must be approved by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles.

In a report to the planning committee, English Heritage said: The poor condition of the wall and its unsightly scaffold supports has been a blot on the townscape for many years and this opportunity to address the problem should be seized.

These repair and rebuilding proposals have been formulated following extensive discussions

between the council highways team, its conservation advisors, specialist conservation engineers and English Heritage.

The scheme retains as much of the historic fabric as possible while stabilising the structure, retaining the trees (which are acknowledgements being important in townscape terms) and ensuring that the pavement adjacent is usable.

Lead councillor for strategic environment, planning and transport Tony Page made his often-repeated joke that the scaffolding had been up so long it ought to be listed too.

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The Stojanovic family has lived in their Charlotte home on Twynham Lane since 1996. They say their backyard - with a pool and basketball court - was one of their favorite places until this week when a retaining wall partially collapsed.

The family believes the Rea Road widening project, which is happening right behind their property, weakening the yard and caused the collapse.

"I'm afraid. I've cried all I can cry. I've called everyone I can call. I need answers. I need help" Tiffany Stojanovic told WBTV.

Stojanovic said she heard a loud noise Monday afternoon and"I looked out the back door and I saw this and I immediately got sick."

The retaining wall, which the family said they paid a company $97,000 to build eight years ago, had partially collapsed. Stojanovic said they never had any issues with the wall or the backyard until after crewsstarted working to widen Rea Road in 2012.

They say they started noticing cracks in the basketball court and"you can sit outside and you can watch the water in the pool jump and bounce to every vibration. You can go in our home, put your hand against the wall and feel it vibrating" said Stojanovic.

But it's the partial collapse of the wall that has the family nervous.

"Just after this happened we also noticed the lining of our pool is also tearing away which scares me to death" said Stojanovic. "It makes me think - well does that mean the pool is following."

They're worried about the house's foundation.

"I don't know how much time. Will the next rain really do this in?

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