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2:29 42% <br /> Kris Murphy • <br /> The property owner is looking to have failing timber <br /> retaining walls and steps replaced. The walls are leaning <br /> into the step area and will eventually fall if not replaced. <br /> Existing steps are angled steeply and cannot safely <br /> accommodate agile people, let alone elderly. There is no <br /> handrail, and the steps are constructed of wood timbers <br /> and loose pea rock, making the issue worse. The plan is <br /> to replace the existing walls and steps with 2' to 3' <br /> fieldstone boulder retaining walls and 3' wide granite <br /> steps. <br /> We understand that the footprint of this project is <br /> expanding the finished area by 136 square feet, however, <br /> the materials that need to be used as a permanent <br /> solution are boulders and granite. Steps are increasing in • <br /> width 6" each. Boulder walls are substantially larger and <br /> more structurally sound than the existing 4"x3.5" timbers <br /> (which were intended to be used as landscape edging, not <br /> retaining wall material), which is where the bulk of the <br /> increased square footage will be realized. <br /> Our equipment enables us to reach the necessary areas to <br /> redo the walls and steps, with minimal impact to the <br /> hillside. We will not be removing any trees larger than 4" in <br /> diameter. Any areas disturbed by construction will be <br /> restored with native plantings (such as gro-low sumac, <br /> Panicum vigatum (Switch Grass) and Schisachryrium <br /> scoparium (Little Bluestein)), seed and erosion control <br /> blanket. <br /> • <br /> °° Reply <br /> III 0 <br />