At Tuesday's Harmony Borough Council meeting, Jodi Correll raised concerns about a steep slope in front of her Wood Street home caused by a borough road-widening project last year. Correll and her husband, Roger, have lived in the home for about a decade.

HARMONY — Nearly a year after a borough street project in front of the Correll family house on Wood Street, things are getting worse.

Jodi Correll was told at Tuesday evening’s borough council meeting that the borough may not help her home’s potentially hazardous front yard slope.

“It’s all just crumbling,” Correll said.

The slope in the front of the house increased in steepness after a borough project last year that repaved and widened Wood Street.

Topsoil and commercial ryegrass seeding were placed on the slope after the project was finished, but that did not hold, and it left exposed rock.

The Corrells said the slope which starts less than two feet away from the front porch creates a hazardous situation.

“My husband almost fell off it five days ago,” Jodi Correll said. “If someone falls off it, I’m going to get sued, and I didn’t do that.”

Council President Greg Such said council does not believe the borough encroached upon the Corrells’ property.

The estimated minimum cost for building a 6-foot high retaining wall is about $12,000. Terracing the slope is another possible solution with a retaining wall at the bottom.

“We don’t care how big that slant is as long as something will stay on it to plant and not wash off,” Correll said.

Such said although the borough at this time will not do anything for the property, it will look at estimates for retaining walls and other potential solutions.

“There are no promises, but we will look at it,” Such said. “We will see if something can be worked out.”

The home, which is across from Wood Street Park, was one of the first log cabins built in the area, dating back to the early 1800s. Although the house has vinyl siding, its historical value remains.

The Corrells won a Heritage Award in 2013 from the Harmony Museum for their preservation efforts, which included renovating and repainting the house’s exterior and installing an outdoor patio.

Jodi Correll said if council does not help her after looking at estimates, she may need to bring legal action against the borough.

“I was shocked to hear that,” she said of council’s decision Tuesday.