Big Sur Highway 1 repair work hitting its stride

SALINAS – With its eye on a May 27 reopening of the roadway, Caltrans reports that it continues to advance on repairs to stabilize the edge of the roadway at the Rocky Creek slip-out which occurred nearly a month ago and has reduced access to Big Sur to locals and essential workers only.

“We’re definitely increasing our confidence, not only in the repair strategy, but hitting our stride in doing the work,” said Caltrans District 5 Emergency Manager Zeke Dellamas at the Wednesday Monterey County news briefing.

Daily convoys for locals and essential workers will continue as weather permits, but with the Big Sur International Marathon this weekend, the Sunday schedule will run earlier at 4 a.m., with a 4:45 a.m. hard closure to allow all vehicles to clear the course which will then see the highway closed from 5 a.m. – 1 p.m., for the marathon race.

Caltrans spokesman Kevin Drabinski said stabilization work on the edge of Highway 1 at the Rocky Creek slip-out includes dealing with the erosion point or head scarp.

“That edge stabilization work is really an attempt to stabilize the outside edge of the roadway so that the erosion beneath the roadway doesn’t happen,” said Drabinski.

Work continues with the installation of vertical and horizontal rock dowels, with some of the work being accomplished by workers suspended in a basket from a crane. Once the dowels are in place and secured with bolts, creating a mesh, concrete and shotcrete are blasted onto the work providing protection and strength to the slope.

Drabinski said the shotcrete permits water to drain so that it does not build up behind the work.

But Caltrans faces challenges from the weather and it is not always rain.

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