Highway Closure Update, Monday 5/29/17

HIGHWAY 1 UPDATE – MONDAY, MAY 29 AT 5:30 PM:
PAUL’S SLIDE ON STATE ROUTE 1 CONTINUES TO BE FULLY CLOSED THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, BUT WILL RESUME LOCAL/DELIVERY ACCESS AS OF TOMORROW, TUESDAY, MAY 30 EVENING. THE RADAR MONITORING SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE IN PLACE. LOCAL ACCESS AND DELIVERIES AT THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIMES WILL RESUME TOMORROW EVENING, MAY 30. WE WILL CONTINUE RE-ASSESSING AND AND AN UPDATE PROVIDED BY MID-DAY THURSDAY, JUNE 1.

STATE ROUTE 1 REMAINS FULLY CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT MUD CREEK DUE TO CONTINUED SLIDE ACTIVITY. DELIVERY VEHICLES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO USE NACIMIENTO-FERGUSSON TO EXIT SOUTH OR TO CLEAR THE ACCESS TIMES AT PAUL’S

Mud Creek, Paul’s Slide & Technology photos, 5/29/17

These were taken Saturday and Sunday by various people, including Inga Dorosz, Richard Wangoe, Connie McCoy, and Rock Knocker.

MUD CREEK:

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Inga Dorosz

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Rock Knocker

PAUL’S SLIDE

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Richard Wangoe

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Connie McCoy

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Rock Knocker

TECHNOLOGY – GADGETS

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South Side of Mud Creek by Inga Dorosz

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South Side of Paul’s Slide by Rock Knocker

Designed for open pit mining, you can read about this technology here (thanks to Inga Dorosz for the link):

Slope Monitoring Radar

BTW, many local residents reported almost constant flying of Mud Creek yesterday. Inga spoke with one CT guy on the ground and was told they were using LIDAR in the air and sending the info back to the GPS by his car. The Slope Monitoring Radar information will be sent via satellite to Colorado where it will be monitored in real time, once work begins again.