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Work begins today on Dayton floodwall repairs

Work is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 14, on the Monument Floodwall Replacement project in Dayton. The work is actually three jobs in one. The contractor will:

  • Replace 62 feet of the 18-foot-tall Monument stone floodwall with a reinforced concrete floodwall. The work will be done along the left bank, downstream of the Monument Avenue Bridge. This is the main part of the project. It is needed because the wall section is bowing and deteriorating.
  • Repair or replace sections of the concrete retaining wall and concrete revetment along right bank the Great Miami River downstream of the Monument Bridge.
  • Repair stone revetment along the right bank under the First/Salem Bridge.
Work begins along the right bank Monday and on the left bank on Aug. 28. MCD plans to salvage the existing stone from the Monument floodwall that dates back to the 1880s. “We have some possible uses in mind, including having our special maintenance crew place a decorative stone cap on the top of the new reinforced concrete wall,” says MCD Engineer Nick Mueller.” The rest will be stockpiled.”

Posted on: Aug 14, 2017