The rubble from eight houses destroyed in a landslide several years ago continued twisting, sliding and collapsing until the City of Hinton found itself having to step in. The demolition and debris removal began three weeks ago on Temple Street. The mess from sliding, destabilized and twisted buildings has rented heavy equipment to clear the health hazards along Temple between 10th and 11th Avenues. City Manager Cris Meadows says heavy equipment has been rented for a month and hopes the job will be done by then. Buckling and collapsing concrete retaining walls, shifting steps up to the dilapidated buildings, houses up along the alley above collapsing are becoming block long piles of wood, nails, roofing and other aged building materials. Once the land is cleared Meadows says the “plan is to reseed the hillside and reforest the properties or open it up to community gardening.” Meadows is concerned building anything there would be risky. “We would like to do something the entire community can enjoy.” Community gardening is an idea often discussed by many in Hinton.
