Contract being awarded to clean up this mess.

Highway 41 will NOT reopen today, Saturday, 1/7/17

Incident: 00234 Type: SIG Alert Location: Sr41 / Cerro Alto Rd Loc Desc: SR41 AT CERRO ALTO CAMPGROUND Lat/Lon: 35.429180 -120.751708
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9:54 PM 2 [3] WILL BE CLOSED AT LEAST ALL NIGHT
7:30 PM 1 [1] RDWY CLOSED DUE TO MUD SLIDE

this closure is being manned. Cal Trans stopped working on it in the dark as it was too dangerous because it was still moving.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Noticed this morning the lack of traffic from Hwy 41 into Morro Bay.
    The 3 mile section from Cerro Alto Campground to where the road debouches from the hills towards Morro Bay is particularly susceptible to slides.

    • And in the daylight photo, one can see the chain netting holding back the part of the hill south of the slide. It will be a while until it opens.

      bigsurkate

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