Granville Mayor Patty Lewis said it looks like Emmett Drive, the popular shortcut between University Town Centre Drive and Monongahela Boulevard, will be closed a minimum of six more weeks.
The road was initially shut down Feb. 27 due to a reported rock slide.
Lewis was one of the Granville officials who met at the site Monday with representatives from Potesta Engineering and personnel from the West Virginia DEP’s Office of Abandoned Mine Lands to examine the hillside above the road.
Emmett Drive belongs to Granville, but much of the hillside above it belongs to the state. While there was initially a question about who’s property the slip was on, Lewis said it was determined Monday that the problem spot belongs to the town.
Lewis said Granville will await word from the AML office on whether the situation warrants an emergency repair.
“Until we get a determination from that department in Charleston and find a path forward, Emmett Drive will be closed,” Lewis said.
