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Q&A: Why did AVL wall fail?

Contractor works on Jan. 9, 2015, to stabilize a 40-foot retaining wall at Asheville Regional Airport that failed on Christmas Eve.

By Bill Moss, Published: January 24, 2015

The two highest ranking officials of the Asheville Regional Airport answered questions Jan. 8 and 9 about the Christmas Eve failure of the 40-foot-high retaining wall along Ferncliff Park Drive, the plans to repair the wall and restore wetlands damaged by runoff from the site and the risk if any from tons of coal ash used as construction fill at the airport.

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