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The city of Cleveland is seeking $219 million to permanently fix a crumbling slope above the Cuyahoga River that threatens the waterway’s vital shipping traffic, a major sewer line, two roads and several buildings along West 25th Street.

The slow-motion landslide in the Irishtown Bend area has been under way for decades, but several spots along Riverbed Street have grown markedly worse since 2006. The collapsing bank – parts of which have slumped 18 inches in the last seven months — has forced the street’s closure and installation of an emergency sewer bypass pipe in case the main line ruptures… (go to article)