PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The cleanup is underway for the massive rock slide in Peoria County.
Excavation equipment started work last week along Kickapoo Creek Road to remove the boulders, earth and trees blocking traffic between Harmon Highway and Bartonville.
The county has seen rock slides before. But officials say they have never seen anything like what happened on May 31 when a bluff gave way and sent rock, soil and trees tumbling from as high as 50 feet above the road.
County Engineer Amy McLaren says the rock slide was bigger than anything county crews are equipped to handle so the project was bid out to a private excavating company. She says the cleanup is expected to wrap up this week.