Repairs to Stream Bank Will Stabilize Moravia Road

Tuesday Nov 25th, 2014

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BALTIMORE, MD — Emergency repairs to an eroded creek embankment, that has undermined and forced the closure of a section of Moravia Road along the Biddison Run in East Baltimore, will be repaired by a contractor for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, beginning this week.

For years the right lane of northbound Moravia Road, just north of the I-895 ramp, has been barricaded because erosion along the stream bank has left it unstable. This month, the situation was declared an emergency and $590,000 was secured to pay for the work.

Construction to shore up the nearly vertical embankment and secure the roadway is expected to be completed by this spring.

Failure to correct the erosion could result in the closure of Moravia Road, according to engineers who have examined the problem. Monumental Paving and Excavation, Inc., is already working in that area on another contract and will do this job as well.

Motorists are advised to watch for traffic pattern alterations.

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