County engineer details multi-year slope-stabilization work on major roadway failure

May 1, 2025

Jackson County’s engineer and public-works staff presented the cause, investigation and a county-led repair of a large slope failure affecting a switchback section of a county road, describing soil borings, mass-wave studies, soil nails, shotcrete walls, micropiles and wick drains used to stabilize the slope.

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County engineers and public-works staff presented a detailed briefing on a major slope failure and the county-led stabilization work completed on the site, summarizing geotechnical investigation, design elements and construction progress.

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