Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Residents Could Be Forced to Leave at Moment's Notice as Retaining Wall Fails

(Click on the image for Tracee Wilkins' News4 report)
  • The retaining wall built to support houses in the Tantallon community in Fort Washington is shifting every time it rains.
  • Three homes on Hallwood Place have sinking backyards and cracks long their foundations — one near a gas line.
  • Four older homes on Asbury Drive are being pushed by moving dirt like a tsunami coming ashore.
  • “The wall has gotten too bad, and the previous fix that they had is no longer going to work, and they don't really have no answers for us,” Briggs said.
  • County Councilwoman Monique Anderson-Walker met with the residents Monday to discuss next steps.
    “If there is negligence, then they must pay a price, the price of making people whole, and perhaps the price of not being able to do business here until they've done so,” she said.