Police Plan to Close Part of Sewickley-Oakmont Road Tuesday Evening

A portion of Sewickley-Oakmont Road, from Perry Highway to Buckhill Road, will be closed to traffic beginning today, Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m., according to .

The closure will last until about 2 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, police said. 

The closure is for construction work on the hillside at 163 Sewickley-Oakmont Road, where a landslide in April caused part of the homeowners' front yard to collapse and spill onto the well-used thoroughfare. 

The work, which is being done by a contractor hired by homeowners Richard and Faith Everson, is intended to address the lower part of the hill and remove the need for the barriers on Sewickley-Oakmont Road that have been in place since the landslide, Richard Everson said. 

The construction is the first to address the issue since

Everson said the contractor has been dependant on the weather.