Categories: Big Sur

Regent’s Slide Yesterday, oozing across the road

This is going to take some engineering corrective work or this ooze will happen each time we have storms.Clearly delaying any early opening we were hoping for. Edit: after thinking about this, it shouldn’t be hard to correct with some k-rails. Caltrans has had to do this with many slides before. Paul’s Slide is a good example.

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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  • Oh for Pete’s sake, think it’s going to take a bit more time and thought for future rain events! Frustrating for sure!!!

  • They need to control that water, the right side of the pic shows a huge amount of runoff.

  • You/we KNEW this would happen!!
    No state geologist will ever out match Plate Tectonics!!!
    Grey Slip, Duck Pond/White Creek, Willow Ck, Rain Rocks to Lopez Pt. just to name a few, will always move! Having the dozers shave off the burden just relieves the pressure for a while! This ladies n gents is what is called “ Job Security”

    • Hey, Bryan. Nice to hear your experienced take on this. In your list of big slides, you forgot Mud Creek, but then that happened after you left Willow Springs Station, so I forgive you. Job security, no doubt. Some things never change, do they? Hope all is well with you and MaryAnne.

  • my dear friends and neighbors, that slope is BARE, of course the runoff is strong, especially with the punchy rains we've been having. if/when it vegetates again the runoff will ( probably/maybe ) slow down. the basic unstable geology of Big Sur the Drama Queen, yeah, that'll always be a PITA. but golly ain't it LOVELY ? !

  • the opening comment...geez- was that yours Kate ? K- RAILINGS ? Its hard to believe you would suggest that ! What's going to hold K- rails in place? Does anyone else sense what's ahead? The Fed's will use this collosal mess, as proof California is miss managing funds...& they'll pull funding for highway repairs and fire suppression .

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