City puts Grand Central on notice for deteriorating wall

The city of Keyser has warned First United Bank, owner of the Grand Central Business Center, that an old retaining wall at the southeast corner of the Business Center's property is failing and in imminent danger of collapsing, posing a threat to children who often play in the area.
Councilman Bill Roy first drew attention to the problem about six months ago. Since then, he reported at the Feb. 22 City Council meeting, cracks in the stone-block wall have widened and the wall has further bowed outward. He said the wall needs to be repaired before someone gets hurt.
“They're going to fool around and get a kid killed,” he said.
Following up on Roy's comments, Mayor Randy Amtower said he had run into the CEO of First United and mentioned the failing wall to him in person. First United is the lien holder to Grand Central Business Center, which was the old Keyser High School. “They've been informed all the way to the top,” Amtower said.
The mayor directed staff to prepare a letter to the bank, and said that if action is not taken soon, the city
will take the matter to another level, implying legal action against the bank.

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City puts Grand Central on notice for deteriorating wall