Bank slide at Glassco Park pit closes road

LANCASTER - Natural gas and sanitary sewer lines were visible from Brumfield Road after the bank of a hole slid Monday afternoon at Glassco Park in Lancaster.

The slide prompted city crews to close Brumfield between Sixth Street and the railroad crossing north of the park. The road was closed as a precaution in case more slides happen with hopes that it will reopen by Wednesday.

The park is being converted into a stormwater mitigation system, but work stopped last year when the original contractor backed out of the job, saying they couldn’t complete the work. The delay left the bank exposed to the elements longer than anticipated, and that, according to Denise Crews, stormwater coordinator for the city, is what caused the bank to slide.

By late Monday afternoon Crews said Rock River Construction, the new contractor for project, would be on site to stabilize the bank and begin filling in the hole, work that was already scheduled within the next week.

“If it had just waited another week we’d be OK,” Crews said. She added she expects the entire Glassco Park project to be done by early July.