Categories: Big Sur

Building a Sea Wall

Anyone who has traveled Highway One between Cambria and Gorda lately, has seen, been behind, or almost been hit by the large trucks that have been carrying rocks up the coast to reinforce a sea wall south of Mud Creek. At two spots, there are flaggers to stop vehicles when the trucks need to use both sides of the highway. At other places, the trucks just take a chance. it was one of those that almost hit me, had I not be driving slow, pulled as far right as I could, and came to a complete stop.

Ten trucks a day, making three trips each, have been bringing these rocks up the coast from a quarry just south of Cambria. They have just about exhausted that quarry. They will be going to Porterville soon to get the rocks, per the flagger with whom I spoke. I can only imagine that logistical nightmare.

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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  • We have plenty of old rocks that have fallen off of various alpine mountains and are happy to donate them to the SAVE SACRED HIGHWAY ONE preservation fund. Just let us know where we should mail them to...

  • We used non steel reinforced, concrete tribar. A Japanese design.
    Installation/Placement is extremely critical because they need to interlock.
    The first installation failed.
    In addition the sea wall has a poured concrete cap.

  • Shoveling bigger and bigger particles against the rising tide? Who knows? Context is everything.

  • We've seen the trucks with 2 boulders per flat bed cruising up the coast. Had thought they were for the more recent slides further north. Hope Mud Creek holds....

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