SETTLING WALL DAMAGES FIRMS CITY VOWS TO FIX BUSINESS CENTER'S TILTING SIDES, SPLIT CONCRETE.Byline: Eugene Tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A retaining wall supporting a bridge that's part of the city's much touted Cross Valley Connector road has settled about two inches, leaving a trail of tilted walls and split concrete on an adjacent business center. The 25-foot wall is part of Santa Clarita's Golden Valley Road/Soledad Canyon Road interchange, constructed about 20 feet east of a pair of 16,000-square-foot buildings at 21021 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road. Building owner James Orr James Orr is the name of several notable people:
The difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid. Notes: Slippage is usually attributed to a change in the spread. See also: Spread, Transaction Costs Slippage more than a month ago. ``The first thing we noticed was this,'' said Lee Borden, a business owner and tenant for 11 years, tilting his hand at an angle as he surveyed the crooked east face of the building. ``It manifests itself in different ways. ... What we're afraid of is they're going to condemn the building. We have nowhere else to go.'' The city, which acknowledged responsibility in a May 26 letter to Orr, said the damage does not appear to impose danger to the tenants, and it ``will be repairing all items which result directly from the settlement of the buildings.'' Officials expected some settlement by the wall, which is partly built on landfill near the banks of the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``It wasn't altogether surprising to have some settling,'' he said. ``We're still doing some testing and some boring to determine the way we move forward from here.'' Assessing the damage could take up to six months, as the city engineers wait for the sinking to subside sub·side intr.v. sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides 1. To sink to a lower or normal level. 2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa. 3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment. 4. . ``I feel confident the city will take care of whatever the problem is,'' Orr said. ``The idea right now is to wait and see how much more settling is going to happen in the next couple months. You don't want to do the repairs too early. You want to wait until you quantify what the problem is.'' Despite damage to the nearby building, the integrity of this section of the Cross Valley Connector remains unaffected, Nay said. The 8.5-mile, $245 million road connecting state Route 126 and the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. through the city is intended to relieve east-west congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . Meanwhile, the nearby tenants have had to put up with the road work and orange cones that have limited access to the commercial center along one of the city's busiest arteries. ``They've been real troupers about it,'' Orr said. ``It's turning my hair white.'' Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Some businesses, left and center, near the Cross Valley Connector bridge have had tilted walls and cracked foundations, which operators say are caused by settling of the support wall for the bridge, right. (2) Prowler's performance shop's garage area has suffered damage, and the front doorway's frame has separated along with a sign that was hanging on it, all due to the structure of the building shifting. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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