BALTIMORE, MD — Emergency repair work to an eroded creek embankment, that undermined and forced the closure of a section of Moravia Road between Moravia Park Drive and Frankford Avenue, is nearing completion. This section of northbound lanes runs adjacent to the Biddison Run and years of erosion had created a hazardous condition, threatening public safety as the stream approached the roadway.  

For several years the right lane of northbound Moravia Road, just north of the I-895 ramp, has been barricaded because to the encroaching erosion. In November 2014, Monumental Paving and Excavation, Inc. was hired under an emergency contract to correct this hazard. The total cost was approximately $700,000.

Work consisted of terracing the stream bank, adding riprap, and construction of a retaining wall along the nearly vertical embankment.  This emergency work will tie into proposed stream restoration along Biddison Run which will be designed to not only prevent erosion, but also improve the water quality and natural habitat. Biddison Run downstream of Moravia Road was stabilized in 2005-2006. The total restoration is expected to be completed in 2018.  

With the completion of this phase, all lanes of Moravia Road are now open.