From: Drabinski, Kevin@DOT <Kevin.Drabinski@dot.ca.gov>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 3:05 PM
Subject: News Release (Monterey County) Highway 1 at Rocky Creek Scheduled for Upcoming Full Overnight Closures
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| Date: | Thursday, October 31, 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 #16
SERIES OF FULL OVERNIGHT CLOSURES ON HIGHWAY 1 AT ROCKY CREEK SET TO BEGIN MONDAY NOVEMBER 4
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
Crews have made substantial progress on a construction phase involving the drilling and casting of reinforced concrete columns to support the weight of the viaduct structure. Due to the need for a large crane and other heavy equipment to span the roadway during upcoming construction activities, travelers will encounter full overnight closures in addition to intermittent daytime closures. The overnight closure schedule is weather dependent, and updates will be provided as needed if wind speeds exceed thresholds for crane operations.
· Full overnight closures of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek are scheduled forMonday, Nov. 4, Wednesday, Nov. 6, and Thursday, Nov. 7, from 10 pm to 6 am.
· Full overnight closures of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek are also scheduled forSunday, Nov. 10, and Monday Nov. 11, from 10 pm to 6 am.
· Daytime travelers can expect intermittent delays of up to 20 minutes as crews bring equipment on site for continued construction activities.
Once construction of the southbound section of the Rocky Creek viaduct is complete, travel will be directed onto this southbound section and work will begin on construction of the northbound portion of the viaduct.
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. However, the vast majority of the Big Sur coast remains accessible and open.
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.
Our crews deserve to get home safely too.
Drive slowly and carefully in work zones.
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Last week the scheduled closures were for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday night. Out of those three nights there was only one night that work was being done and that was Tuesday. Both Monday and Wednesday no one was ever there no one was working the road was open. It would be nice if the contractor or Caltrans could send a memo to Big Sur Chamber of Commerce this website or any other website via email to inform us, so that we're not rushing to reach the construction site at 10 PM just to find that there's nobody there. When they are working, if you arrive at one minute after 10 PM, they will not let you through..