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WEBVTT AREA AFTER A STREET COLLAPSE AFTER SEVERAL -- A STREET COLLAPSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. >> I AM JUST WORRIED THIS HAPPENED FOUR YEARS LATER AFTER THE LAST TIME. VANESSA: THE LAST TIME IT WAS A DIFFERENT SECTION OF 26TH STREET NEAR SAINT PAUL AND CHARLES STREETS. IT COLLAPSED, CARS AND ALL, ONTO THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN APRIL OF 2014. CREWS WERE BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE SIDEWALK STARTED TO BUCKLE ON A SECTION OF 26-TH STREET BETWEEN CALVERT AND GUILFORD. >> THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WARS. FORTUNATELY SOMEBODY CALLED IN AND THE LESSONS WERE LEARNED THE LAST TIME TO AT LEAST GET THE CARS OFF THE STREET. >> MY CAR WAS PARKED OVER THERE. VANESSA: THE CITY TOLD CARS PARKED ON THE ROAD THAT RUNS ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS. BALTIMORE CITY DOT WORKED WITH TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER CITY AGENCIES TO ASSESS THE RETAINING WALL. >> I KNOW WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THIS. VANESSA: MONDAY EVENING, CREWS STARTED REMOVING THE SIDEWALK AND DISMANTLING THE WALL AND WILL WORK THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TO ENSURE THE AREA IS STABILZED. PLANS FOR A NEW WALL WILL BE DEVELOPED AND CSX CAN RESUME OPERATIONS AFTER THE AREA IS SECURE. SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE CITY DIDN’T DO ENOUGH TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TOOK CARE OF IT WHEN THEY SAW THIS SIDE AND A SHOULD’VE COME AND LOOKED AT THE OTHER SIDE TO SEE IF IT WAS STABLE. >> I WANT TO DO A WALK IN THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE SIDE STREETS TO MAKE SURE TO HAPPEN IN 2014, MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. VANESSA: A DOT SPOKESPERSON TELLS US INSPECTORS WILL BE ON SITE, 24-HOURS A DAY, TO MONITOR CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. LIVE IN NORTH BALTIMORE, VANESSA HERRING, WBAL TV 11 NE

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A portion of 26th Street is closed and cars were relocated Monday as part of the sidewalk buckled toward railroad tracks.Officials with the Baltimore City Department of Transportation confirmed they relocated cars along 26th Street between North Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue near train tracks. There is no official word on how many vehicles were relocated. A man said he looked outside his window to see his car had been moved, and said he now needs to figure out where it was moved to.Residents in Charles Village said everything looked fine on 26th Street until Monday morning."The sidewalk is collapsing like it did years ago on the other side," said Rodney Grey, a resident."I parked there last night, didn't notice anything amiss," said Collin Weigel, a resident.Crews from CSX, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Works and Emergency Management were at the scene with a structural engineer, assessing a crack in the retaining wall."What they're going to do is start repairs. They've got to get materials and all of those things together. They want to move as quickly as they can, but they want to do right by everyone. We don't want something just thrown up. We need it to be repaired at its best, and I know that's what they'll do," Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said.Emergency management officials went door-to-door, warning residents that if the retaining wall collapses, they will need to evacuate as the street continued to sink into the afternoon.Councilman Robert Stokes was at the scene and spoke with DOT officials. Stokes said experts are working to determine whether the structural damage came from the recent rainfall or an ongoing project that has been going on down the street from the incident."I want to work with DOT and Emergency Management, and we can do a walk to make sure we can look at all these side streets to make sure there is no structural damage anywhere underground," Stokes said.Baltimore City DOT released a statement, saying, "The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has been working throughout the day with CSX Transportation and other city agencies to assess the structural integrity of a retaining wall that abuts CSX property along East 26th Street near North Calvert Street. "The assessment is now complete and crews will begin removing the sidewalk and dismantling the retaining wall. Crews will work throughout the night to ensure this area is stabilized. Once this area is secured, plans for a new wall will be developed and CSX can resume operations along the rail line. Inspectors will be onsite 24 hours a day to monitor conditions in this vicinity."This portion of East 26th Street will remain closed to through traffic between Guilford Avenue and North Calvert Street. In addition, North Calvert Street is closed between East 25th and East 27th streets for equipment staging. Motorists are asked to use alternate routes away from this area for the next several days to avoid congestion and delays."North Calvert Street, between East 25th and East 26th streets are closed to traffic. Drivers will be asked to use different routes for several days. Train traffic was stopped in the area Monday.Monday evening, crews worked to remove the sidewalk and dismantle the wall to ensure the area was stabilized.A nearby section of 26th Street collapsed in April 2014. Cars and everything on the road tumbled onto the railroad tracks. Residents remember it well and hope this is not a repeat. Some said the city didn't do enough to prevent this from happening again. "I'm just worried that this happened four years later, after last time," said resident Davis Chavis."It seems like they should have took care of it. When they did that side, somebody should have came and looked at this side to make sure this was stable, you know?" said Rodney Grey."It's very frustrating as a resident because it seems pretty clear there were huge structural problems two blocks away that was a big disaster," said Karen Houppert. "Instead of addressing the problem in a complete and thorough fashion the first time, they addressed what they had to the part that collapsed and left this block untouched."No injuries have been reported. An official with the DOT said inspectors will be onsite 24 hours a day to monitor conditions.Stay with WBALTV.com and 11 News for more on this developing story.​