Update on Mud Creek Slide, CA 1
Caltrans has announced that it will not attempt to open the highway in the area of the slide, instead they are planning on building a new road above the slide and avoid the loose and fractured part of the hillside from the top of the slide to the toe which appears to be actually in the ocean.
CA. 1 has always been an unstable area thru the Big Sur area and down to San Simeon and it isn't going to be bullet proof through that very scenic area. Moving up the hill, however, will extend the life of the highway for awhile.
Assuming the State will ask for federal emergency funds, the only real improvement will be that it should be more stable, but it will not be substantially wider or with turnouts. Federal funds cannot be used for improvements, just to replace what was lost.
Plans are not complete as of the release, so I think it will be six months before there is any traffic up or down the highway.
CA. 1 has always been an unstable area thru the Big Sur area and down to San Simeon and it isn't going to be bullet proof through that very scenic area. Moving up the hill, however, will extend the life of the highway for awhile.
Assuming the State will ask for federal emergency funds, the only real improvement will be that it should be more stable, but it will not be substantially wider or with turnouts. Federal funds cannot be used for improvements, just to replace what was lost.
Plans are not complete as of the release, so I think it will be six months before there is any traffic up or down the highway.
