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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2020, 03:51 PM Feb 2020

Snohomish County community isolated after road damaged by mudslide

More than a hundred residents who live in a neighborhood near Monroe are cut off from the rest of the county after the private road to access their community became covered in mud.

There are 44 homes in the Skyview Estates development located near Ben Howard Road and 260th Avenue Southeast.

A geotechnical engineer told residents they might have to build a new road to where they live, and that construction could take a year. The Skyview Estates has been around for more than 30 years, but long-time residents said nothing like this has ever happened to their road.

Samantha Idle noticed an issue Thursday when a guard rail started to shift.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/snohomish-county-community-isolated-after-road-damaged-by-mudslide/ar-BBZQTw7?ocid=hplocalnews

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Snohomish County community isolated after road damaged by mudslide (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP

That is horrible ... CatMor Feb 2020 #1

Neighborhood near Monroe still scrambling after mudslide Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #2

CatMor

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1. That is horrible ...

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Mon Feb 10, 2020, 03:54 PM

Feb 2020

It must mean vehicles can't get in to help in emergencies. What do they do to overcome that.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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2. Neighborhood near Monroe still scrambling after mudslide

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Fri Feb 14, 2020, 02:36 PM

Feb 2020

MONROE — A neighborhood east of Monroe is still scrambling for solutions a week after a mudslide cut off the only route to a public road.

Meanwhile, the estimated cost for repairs has doubled, but there’s no timeline for a fix.

The mudslide Feb. 6 broke off about half of one strip of 260th Avenue, the private road residents of Skyview Estates rely on to get to town. Cars can’t make it up or down the hill. So the 120 people who live there have to use all-terrain vehicles or walk to get to Ben Howard Road.

On Thursday, county inspectors visited and found new cracks on 260th. Officials “decided to err on the side of caution” by determining at least one home near the slide may be unsafe to occupy, according to a news release from the county Department of Emergency Management. The home was not evacuated.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/neighborhood-near-monroe-still-scrambling-after-mudslide/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=5dd40cfe86-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-5dd40cfe86-228635337

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