Esalen’s Midsummer Festival to impact Highway 1 traffic 7/6 — NOT all week! (Correction by Cal Trans)

Today’s Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019

District:05 –    Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties                                                  

Contact:           Heidi C. Ruiz or Colin Jones

Phone:            (805) 549-3318 or 549-3189

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL ON STATE ROUTE 1 FOR ESALEN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL

MONTEREY COUNTY – The Esalen Midsummer Festival will begin Monday, July 1 through Sunday, July 7. (UPDATE: FESTIVAL ONLY JULY 6TH, NOT ALL WEEK) An approximate one-mile section of Hwy. 1 in the vicinity of Esalen will be under traffic control during this period, Caltrans officials announced today.

Parking will be provided along the dirt shoulder with specific parking locations. Motorists can expect minimal delays. Caltrans would like to remind motorists to share the road.

NOTE: Electronic message boards alerting motorists will be activated to alert motorists of this event.

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones.