Published: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, 1:56a.m. Updated 3 hours ago

Main Street in Munhall is about to become a lot busier.

Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced on Wednesday that a portion of Homestead-Duquesne Road a main artery for the borough will be closed for at least seven weeks because of a collapsed retaining wall between Franklin Street and Duquesne Avenue.

Public Works director Steven Johnson said county officials had hoped to fix the wall for awhile, but the recent collapse onto an existing inlet and partial roadway shoulder along with ongoing waterline work created an immediate need to close the street.

In association with that, there's a depression on Franklin bend that is a hazard and there's no temporary fix available, said Johnson. So we're closing the road to keep people away from that hazard, which will be fixed as part of the plan to repair the retaining wall.

Beginning at 7 a.m. on Thursday, a two-mile detour route will be posted, funneling traffic onto Main Street. At the intersection of Main Street and Farragut Street, drivers will be directed to travel south on Main Street for 1.4 miles before making a left onto Brierly Lane and traveling another mile to Homestead-Duquesne Road. The detour will be the same in the opposite direction from Homestead-Duquesne Road and Brierly Lane.

Johnson said drivers should be aware of potential traffic delays in the area.

It's an unavoidable situation, he said. We have to close the road for public safety and so that we can effectively repair it. Any detour can cause people confusion and delays.

The project to stabilize the slope along Homestead-Duquesne Road will begin with the construction of a retaining wall extension expected to be completed in early December.

Tim Karan is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-664-9161, ext. 1970, or tkaran@tribweb.com.

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The victims of a collapsed retaining wall form being used Oct. 8, 2012. on Ky. 90 in Barren County filed a lawsuit today in Barren Circuit Court today against Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 engineers individually and in their official capacities.

Velma Decker, the wife of the late Kenneth Decker, who died as a result of injuries sustained during the collapse, and fellow injured worker Steve Nelson, along with his wife, Linda, are asking for a jury trial and compensatory and punitive damages, according to the lawsuit.

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MADISON - When the doors open for the 2013-14 school year on Friday, Sept. 6, students and staff members at the grades K-5 Kings Road School at 215 Kings Road will see a new retaining wall that separates the buildings driveway and rear parking lot from the schools play area.

This was the only major improvement over the summer to the grades K-12 school districts facilities, Superintendent of Schools Michael Rossi noted.

The finishing touch to the project was the installation of new fencing atop the retaining wall, work that began last week by Barcia Brothers Fence Inc. of Garfield and expected for completion this week, well before the schools reopening on Sept. 6.

The deteriorated state of the old retaining wall had been brought up by parents at several Board of Education meetings, and money for the improvement project was earmarked in the districts 2013-14 budget, with the Board of Education appropriating $175,000 from its maintenance reserve. On June 25, the school board approved the bid by Tec Con Contractors of East Orange to improve the retaining wall.

At a school board meeting Tuesday night, board member Shade Grahling remarked she was excited to that wall down, referring to the old retaining wall.

School district Business Administrator Gary Lane, also the secretary to the Board of Education, told the board the retaining wall replacement also will help drainage according to the Borough Engineer, Robert Vogel.

The design of the retaining wall replacement project was adjusted, in consultation with Borough Engineer Vogel, to improve drainage following concerns expressed by the Madison Planning Board in June. On Tuesday night the Board of Education approved an additional $15,000 appropriation to pay Tec Con Contractors for the work connected to the changes in the projects design, a sum recommended to the board by the projects architects, Parette Somjen in Rockaway.

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The Board of Educations original contract award to Tec Con in late June followed a courtesy review of the retaining wall project at a June 18 hearing before the Madison Planning Board. The replacement and improvement of the 6-foot-high retaining wall at the Kings Road School won the Planning Boards unanimous approval but not before the municipal land use board raised the issue of stormwater runoff with school district representatives.

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