Hilltop Estates on Folly Hill in Danvers

According to the Salem News, A failed section of a riprap overlooking Bradley Road in (pictured above) is one of the issues the Danvers Planning Board is looking into when it takes up the Folly Hill luxury housing development next month.

The 38-home Hilltop Estates will be set on a hill of sand and clay, with views of Boston, and includes construction not only on Folly Hill but several at the base of the hill at the end of Ardmore Drive, Garfield Avenue and Bradley Road.

As part of the development, the riprap was built to keep a portion of the hill in place above Bradley Road, but in mid-March, a section of it slid down the hillside, causing concern among residents and town officials. Since the slide, 3 homes have been constructed on Bradley Road, 2 of which flank the section of the wall that collapsed.

Read the entire Salem News article.