Autumn Woods Landslide Repair Near Completion

Officials said remediation work is now wrapping up on a hillside that once posed  

Township Planning Director Adam McGurk said crews contracted by the Moon Township-based NewPointe Realty are in the final phases of the Autumn Woods remediation project. 

The work, which was originally slated to end in June, involved clearing and shoring up a hillside that township officials said was sliding toward Flaugherty Run Road Road due to water overflow from a stormwater basin. 

Since its construction in 2007, the improperly installed stormwater basin at the foot of the 34-home Autumn Woods development pushed sediment downward toward Flaughterty Run, uprooting trees, eroding land and threatening to dam Flaughterty Run. 

McGurk said NewPointe, which developed Autumn Woods, is no longer in violation of the township's stormwater management ordinances and can again be issued building permits. 

After reaching out to NewPointe in 2008 about the landslide threat, the moved to withhold bond reductions and building permits from the developer. 

Township Engineer Malcolm Petroccia said in recent weeks crews worked to put the final grading on the hill. Work on the project has been underway for nearly a year. 

The developer was issued a from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to remove the landslide threat. 

NewPointe could not be reached for comment.