For now, the only “direct” route to the Monterey Peninsula from San Luis Obispo County is to go up Highway 101 and over to the coast on Highway 68, a 2.5-hour trip.
The location has been blocked to traffic since February, when a landslide dumped about 300,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt over the highway.
More than a month ago, Caltrans halted excavation work at Regent’s Slide, after workers noticed surface cracking about 450 feet above the roadway, and until they deal with that, the road is closed
The new cracks were “in the slope where major excavation efforts were underway. In the weeks since that update, continued land movement and slope cracking were observed during intensive project monitoring and investigation,” according to a Caltrans news release about the “challenging repairs.” “Before excavation work begins again, crews need to monitor both the new slide and the area of undisturbed land above the project site, where the start of new excavation work is planned,” the release said. “Data from these investigations will inform the repair design.” The release continued: “Major excavation work and repairs will resume when crews and equipment can be positioned on stable ground above and behind the new slide activity.”
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article292978574.html
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