Beginning Friday, September 13, 2024, a No Parking rule goes into effect on Coast Road at Bixby Bridge along Highway 1. Illegally parked cars are subject to fines and towing.
This week, County contractors installed k-rails and no parking signs to prevent parking on Coast Road. An increasing number of visitors and motorists are parking along the highway and on side roads creating dangers.
Please see the attached information release for additional information. (Below are screen shots)
Wednesday, September 25 · 6 – 9pm PDT
Henry Miller Memorial Library48603 Highway One Big Sur, CA 93920Show map
Let us know if you have any ideas and/or wishes for this special evening.
Paul will brings “Paul’s Pizza Oven! “
We will serve tea, water, beer and wine.
Update here as suggestions come in. (check back)
Please let us know if you plan to come by getting a ‘ticket’ here or emailing to hmlib@henrymiller.org. We’d like to get supplies to match the amount of folks expected!
Thanks!
Welcome all!
”Tickets” here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iguana-john-tickets-1012435179877
I’ll put up this map so you know where they are talking about, basically Brazil Ranch to El Sur Ranch
Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council Meeting
Friday, September 13th, 2024 10:00 a.m.
Big Sur Lodge, 47225 Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920
Congressman Jimmy Panetta and Supervisor Mary Adams, Co-Chairs
AGENDA
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://montereycty.zoom.us/j/94034325726
Passcode: 043269
Or One tap mobile:
+12133388477,,94034325726# US (Los Angeles)
+16692192599,,94034325726# US (San Jose)
Or join by phone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):US: +1 213 338 8477
or +1 669 219 2599 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099
Webinar ID: 940 3432 5726
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call and Introductions
III. Approval of the June 7th, 2024 Draft Action Minutes
IV. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items – limited to 3 minutes
V. New Business
a. Regent’s Slide Informational Update – Caltrans
VI. Old Business
a. Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Update – Federal Highway Administration
b. Bixby Bridge Emergency Taskforce Update
VII. Reports from Member Agencies
a. Big Sur Resident, North Coast
b. Big Sur Resident, South Coast
c. Big Sur Chamber of Commerce
d. Community Association of Big Sur
e. County of Monterey Planning Department
f. Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District
g. California Coastal Commission
h. Caltrans
i. California State Parks and Recreation
j. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
k. United States Forest Service
l. 5th District, Monterey County Board of Supervisors
m. 30th District, California State Assembly
n. 17th District, California State Senate
o. 19th District, United States Congress
VIII. Report from Non-Member Agencies on Issues Pertinent to Big Sur
a. United States Forest Service, Law Enforcement Officer
b. California Highway Patrol
c. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office
d. Big Sur Fire
e. Big Sur Byway Organization
IX. Adjournment
Next Meeting – Friday, December 13, 2024
~Thank you to the Big Sur Lodge for your hospitality and for the use of the conference room at the Big Sur Lodge~
For BSMAAC Agendas and Minutes please visit
https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/government/departments-a-h/housing-community-
development/planning-services/current-planning/committees-hearings-agendas
Here is an oldie but goodie:
| Date: | Friday, September 6, 2024 |
| District: | 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties |
| Contact: | Kevin Drabinski or Genelle Padilla |
| Phone: | (805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE #8
INTERMITTENT DAYTIME DELAYS CONTINUE ON HIGHWAY 1 AT ROCKY CREEK
FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue with emergency repairs to Highway 1 near the Rocky Creek Bridge, 12 miles south of Carmel. Caltrans previously stabilized and reinforced Highway 1 at this location after a March 30slipout resulted in a loss of a section of the southbound lane.
Upcoming Repair Schedule Update
For the week of Sunday September 8, daytime traffic control, customarily directed by a temporary signal, will be replaced with flagging crews from Monday September 9, thru Thursday September 12. These flagging operations are necessary to allow for the movement of trucks to deliver equipment and materials for crews as they prepare for the next phase of construction efforts. Daytime flagging will be intermittent and on an as needed basis so that construction vehicles can move in and out of the work area situated behind concrete barriers. Travelers can expect intermittent daytime delays of up to a maximum of 20 minutes.
There will be no overnight closures or delays the week of Sunday September 8, and travelers overnight will continue to enjoy access through the repair site driving on the northbound lane and directed by a temporary signal system. All Big Sur businesses and amenities remain open and accessible.
Customary Overnight Repair Schedule
Overnight work will customarily take place five nights a week, Sunday through Thursday night, and scheduled from 10 pm to 6 am. No overnight work will take place on Friday or Saturday nights.
The estimate for completion of the Rocky Creek viaduct is summer 2025 and is dependent on conditions encountered during construction. The contractor for this project is Gordon N. Ball, Inc. of Alamo, CA.
Highway 1 remains closed 40 miles south of Carmel due to the Regent’s Slide.
Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: X/Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram at: Caltrans_D5.
Spain has seen many overtourism protests this year, but one small village has been making its grievances known in a very unusual way.
In the Galician village of O Hío in northwest Spain, locals took it upon themselves to protest against the volume of tourists by blocking zebra crossings.
Walking up and down them for a total of 37 minutes, they caused total traffic gridlock – worsening the exact problem they hoped to highlight.
Nevertheless, residents stand by their decision.
Locals from the small coastal village say, while they’re not against tourism per se, they want authorities to find a mutually beneficial solution so that residents and visitors can co-exist happily.
“Traffic problems are already common, but this year they have tripled at least,” resident Mercedes Villar told local newspaper La Voz de Galicia. “It’s an avalanche of cars that not only pollutes but also affects everyone’s lives because they park wherever they want. We have the right to live too.”
They say their driveways are being blocked, traffic accidents are increasingly common and that parking-controlling yellow lines are being ignored.
“The protest was meant to raise awareness and sound the alarm,” another villager told La Voz. “We want people to be civil and understanding and, if they see that there is no parking space, to leave, as we all have to do in any city.”
Sound familiar? See yesterday’s post for videos and comments by locals. For the rest of this article, see: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/09/02/paradise-ruined-why-spanish-locals-fed-up-with-overtourism-are-blocking-zebra-crossings
What a mess. Video by Marcus Foster.
A bit further north Marcus encountered the Point Lobos back up/parking issues.
This is a repost of one I have posted twice before. Worth reposting.
Who is she, one might ask. I would have, too, before I watched a Polish Film called “Strike.”
She is the woman responsible for the Solidarity movement and the eventual overthrow of Communism in Poland. Her dedication and hard work took decades, and many sacrifices. She was originally a welder at a shipyard and couldn’t read. Her son taught her how to read so she could take the crane operators test – more money and better shifts. She was afraid of heights and threw up in her bag the first time up. She was a strong, fascinating woman. Her name was Anna Walentynowicz. She was the women’s labor rep at the Lenin Shipyard and a trouble-maker. She went to jail numerous times for her labor and anti-communist views and activities.
The Solidarity Movement started when the Shipyard fired her 4 months before her retirement. She was one of 7 leaders of the movement, one of whom was a male named Lech Kaczynski, later President of Poland. He wanted her to head the movement which started with her firing. She felt a male would be better, and she also felt he was the better public speaker, at least as portrayed in the movie. She died at the age of 80 in 2010 in a plane crash which also claimed Lech and his wife. She was a fascinating, hard-working woman who made a huge difference in the Labor Movement and also in her country. So today, I honor her.
