Foothill Road re-opened to traffic sooner than expected.
Blocked off on Feb. 17 from 14th Street SE to 30th Street SE, the road was re-opened March 10, three weeks after the closure.
The edge of the roadway, about half-a-metre wide, had sloughed off along a 30-metre stretch of road just west of Mount Ida Cemetery, with a total of about 60 metres destabilized.
City staff reported a little creek had come down the hillside and along the ditch, running under the road base. Wet weather led to over-saturation of the ground, compromising the road structure.
The repaired road has a gravel surface now, which will be paved when the city's regular paving program starts.
City engineer Jenn Wilson said the work went faster than expected, once crews got in and could see what was required.
Next on the agenda, she said, will be evaluating and doing spot repairs on Lakeshore Drive to get it back to standard.
"There are little spots sloughing along the shoulders," she said, referring to a stretch from about 10th Avenue to 17th Avenue.
The work will be done throughout the summer.