Sloughing of hillside near Rayleigh slow, could be impacted by thunderstorms
KAMLOOPS — In the hills past Rayleigh, excavators dig up portions of the sloughed area, trying and stabilize the slope that is creeping closer to the Yellowhead Highway by the hour.
“They don’t believe there’s an imminent concern about a major movement because it has been consistent over the past number of days that we’ve been monitoring,” said Tammy Robertson, the city’s information officer. “They can take some of the data we’ve been getting and translate it back to when they first noticed the crack in the hillside. It’s been pretty consistent from what they can tell.”
The contractor, Golder Associates, is finishing up laying pipe that’ll be used to divert water away from the zone of instability.
“It’s a pretty small piping system that was installed and will be completed as of today. That will divert water around the area,” said Robertson. “In addition to that, we have a hard pipe going in over the next 7 to 10 days.”