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Jan 18, 2019
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Baltimore did not conduct routine inspections as promised after East 26th St. collapse in 2014, records show

Friday, January 18, 2019, 11:59 AM ET

A week after the April 2014 collapse of a portion of East 26th Street in Charles Village, Baltimore officials promised to conduct routine inspections of aging infrastructure like the retaining wall that gave way under heavy rains and sent cars and trees plummeting to the railroad tracks below.

But in the nearly five years since the collapse displaced residents for months and took $6 million in city funds to fix, Baltimore officials have conducted just one inspection, according to records obtained through a Public Information Act request made by The Baltimore Sun after a new collapse in November.


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