Hi All,
Thank you for joining us for the Big Sur Byways Organization (BSBO) on Wednesday, March 5th. During the meeting, California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff expressed that public comment is due today (March 7th) by 5:00pm for the March 12th CCC hearing. The projects going before the commission include Item No. 15b Caltrans Highway 1 signage project and Item No. 15c the Caltrans Mud Creek Landslide Highway 1 Stabilization. Please use this link to submit public comment by scrolling to items 15b and 15c and select ‘submit comment’ : https://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/agenda/#/2025/3 . You can also contact Eric Stevens directly at eric.stevens@coastal.ca.gov or 562-395-9462 for questions about the projects or the CCC hearing process.
Thank you again, and the Jubata Grass Story Book presentation will be sent to you all once we receive it. As a reminder, the next BSBO meeting is June 18th, 2025.
From one South Coast resident: “So it appears that Coastal Commish wanted Mud Creek to also become a recreational/access site, but Caltrans explains that due to Mud Creek being an active slide, it is not practical to host a recreational site on the bench below? Instead, Caltrans recommends converting the point between Alder and Villa creeks as a recreational site, correct? Additionally, Caltrans is asking for finishing work to be performed on Mud Creek to replace sea-side k-rails with a guardrail, re-seed the slope, etc., if I read this correctly?
I will use the comment button, to point out that Caltrans and Coastal Commish are proposing a recreation site at the “Shale Point” location between Alder and Villa creeks, but they aren’t providing restroom facilities. Caltrans repeatedly has stated they “are not in the bathroom business,” when we’ve asked them to make some pull-outs akin to a Rest Stop like at Gaviota. So, I won’t be persuasive, but it’d be good to mention that restrooms at a public “recreation site,” seem like a no brainer.”
Best,
Katie