Since 2019, the City of Pittsburgh has been working to remediate 10 landslides across Riverview Park in order to maintain access to the park’s roadways and trails. More than half of those landslides have been addressed, with the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) planning to fix more in the future.
According to Eric Setzler, the chief engineer on the project with DOMI, Slide 4 is most likely the next landslide the department will seek to address, probably within the next year or two depending on funding availability.
Setzler said DOMI prioritized landslides based on their size and impact on travel through the park. Slide 9, for example, was the first DOMI remediated back in 2022, and is located near the park’s Chapel Shelter, along the main thoroughfare through Riverview…