Work continues on a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant project to rebuild a crumbling, stacked stone and concrete retaining wall threatening a Lansford home.

Workers from Stoney Lonesome Excavating of Summit Hill on Monday poured the foundation for the new Brimble’s Wall and Brimble Alley reconstruction project between West Ridge Street and West Snyder Avenue.

Earl Henninger, owner of Stoney Lonesome, said that they plan to pour the actual wall on Wednesday. Then, the concrete needs to cure for several weeks before backfilling and reconstruction of the street begins, he said.

The project is expected to continue for another month and a half, Henninger said. Brimble Alley has been closed since work began on the project earlier this year.

The old wall had been crumbling, with pieces falling into the yard of the home at 362 W. Snyder Ave., which sits just a narrow walkway away from the old retaining wall that supports Brimble Alley.

The project will widen Brimble Alley, which is used by emergency vehicles to access homes a narrow Snyder Avenue, and it will also give the resident in the adjacent home a wider walkway, Henninger said.

Carbon County commissioners put the project out to bid last year, but had to reject the lone bid of $398,105 from an Orwigsburg firm.

Lansford Borough did not have enough Community Development Block Grant funding to cover the cost. The borough receives between $74,000 and $78,000 a year in CDBG funds.

The project was able to move forward with the borough securing a $313,000 Multimodal Transportation grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which was combined with the CDBG funds to cover the $384,000 cost.

Stoney Lonesome was one of two bidders on the project. The other bidder, Kobalt Construction Inc. of Tobyhanna, bid $577,790 — well above the funding available for the project.