***NEW INFORMATION, BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING, TUESDAY, JAN. 31***

DURING DAYTIME HOURS ONLY: Motorists may travel north on Hwy. 1 from Cambria to Limekiln Creek Bridge (PM 21.3) or south on Hwy. 1 from Carmel to Dolan Pt. (PM 29.70). *

*We have a failed culvert just north of Sand Dollar Beach at PM 14.4, requiring Caltrans to have daytime one-way traffic control and flagging at two locations: 1) at Mud Creek (PM 8.8) and 2) just north of Sand Dollar Beach (PM 14.4).

OVERNIGHT CLOSURES: Hwy. 1 will remain closed overnight from Ragged Point (SLO 72.87) to Dolan Pt. (MON. 29.70)

The roadway is not passable between Paul’s Slide (PM 21.6) and Big Creek (PM 28.09).

Thank you for your patience and understanding. Our Maintenance and Geotech crews have been working diligently, clearing, cleaning, and scaling as much as safely possible in response to these rock/mudslides.

Another update will be provided tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 31, or sooner if conditions change.

Susana Z. Cruz nature-flower-blue-motif[1]
Caltrans District 5
Public Information Officer

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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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  • NOAA's 6 day forecast....pick your region......

    http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=sto&sid=MTR&pil=ZFP

    .........

    "SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-"

    TUESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
    .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHEAST
    WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
    .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
    HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
    .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BREEZY...RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
    SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
    .THURSDAY...BREEZY...RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
    .THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN
    THE UPPER 50S.
    .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
    UPPER 40S.
    .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
    .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS
    IN THE UPPER 40S.
    .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
    .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE
    UPPER 40S.
    .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE
    UPPER 50S.

    &&
    TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION

    MONTEREY 45 67 46 63 / 0 0 0 80
    BIG SUR 46 66 46 60 / 0 0 0 80

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