Big Sur Land Use Plan Workshop

The notice below is a screen shot, so none of the links are active. I will add the links separately at the bottom today and tomorrow. I cannot get pdfs to load to my blog at the moment.

Agenda and Zoom log in information https://mcusercontent.com/f3ff1079250a1ac356a6beb86/files/8ced53d4-6ab8-0cc2-27ef-137d7d3292da/FINAL_PC_Agenda_081121.pdf

Big Sur LUP update Web Site https://bslup.weebly.com/

Monterey County Land Use Plan (I was sent an incorrect link, so will have to find it and add it later, or maybe it is ob tge BSLIP update page)

The LUAC meeting agendas link is also incorrect, so will have to find and correct this link. BTW, the MoCo website is one of the worst websites to navigate I have ever encountered.

Downed power lines sparks wildfire and closes NB 101 at Espinosa

UPDATE:

Detail Information
11:47 AM40[68] PER 42 CALTRANS HAS CLOSURE SET UP NB AT CENTRAL MOVING TRAFFIC WEST ONTO CENTRAL AND NORTH TO GREENFIELD AND TURNING VEHS AROUND AT LAGOMARSSINO / TRAFFIC BREAKS IN PLACE AND WILL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN SB / WILL ADV ON THAT
11:47 AM39[67] [Notification] [CHP]-40, PGE CREW ETA 1,5 ETA AS OF 14 AGO ENRT FRM PISMO , UNITS DOING ROUND ROBINS FOR SB TFRC AS THEY APPROCH CENTRAL AND LAGO MARSINO , DIVERTING NB TFRC ON TO CENTRAL INTO GREENFIELD WILL PUT VEHS PASSED WIRES , 42/45 DOING ROUND ROBINS, 40 AT UNDERWOOD MAKING SURE NO ONE PASSES CLOSURE. [Shared]
11:39 AM38[64] [Appended, 11:39:34] [7] AND HEADING THAT WAY FOR TRAFFIC BREAKS
11:35 AM37[59] [Appended, 11:39:34] [2] STATES THE TRAFFIC THAT IS BEING DIVERTED FRM NB IS BEING SENT INTO THE FLOW OF SB TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING REGUALR FRWY SPEEDS
11:24 AM36[56] [Notification] [CHP]-CALLER ADVS VEHS ARE TURNING AND GOING WW IN CD SPEEDING AWAYA AND ALSO VEHS GOING IN REVERSE ON RHS AND CD TO GET OUT OF STOPPED TFRC 
11:20 AM35[53] LINES ARE DENERGIZED AT THE ORIG POLE, BUT PGE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO IT YET / COULD CAUSE THE REST OF THE POLE TO GO DOWN AND LINES GO DOWN ACROSS THE HWY
11:19 AM34[52] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALFIRE, UNABLE TO USE SUSAN LN BECAUSE THAT RD HAS POWER LINES GOING ACROSS IT 
11:18 AM33[51] 1039 ENTAC
11:17 AM32[50] PER 8-S1 UNK ETA TO OPENADN REQ CONTACT ENTAC

ORIGINAL POST BELOW;

11:05 AM30[48] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MTRY SGT THE FRONTAGE RD DOESNT GO THROUGH, WILL NEED TO BE DIVERTED TO CENTRAL OR LAGO MARSINO 
11:04 AM29[46] A8-040 WAS ALBE TO GO ON CALCORD / ADV STOPPED TRAFFIC UNDER WIRES POLE DISCONNECTED NOW AND STILL BURNING /1023 FOR PGE
11:01 AM28[44] FIRE ADVS TALKING TO UNIT NOW
11:01 AM27[42] [Notification] [CHP]-MTRY CO SGT 97 AT UNDERWOOD INQ WHAT TYPE OF ASSIST HE NEEDS TO PROVIDE 1184 OR DIVERT TRAFFIC
11:00 AM26[41] GREENFIELD FIRE , LL AND REQ IF CHP CAN USE CALFOR
10:57 AM25[40] 40CLEARING TRAFFIC OUT THAT IS JNO UNDERWOOD
10:55 AM24[39] 1039 MTRY COM DO NOT CLOSE SB SIDE , NEED ASTNCE AT UNDERWOOD
10:55 AM23[38] PER MTRY COM SO DOES NOT HAVE SB SIDE CLOSED
10:53 AM22[35] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MTRY COM INQ IF THEY STILL NEED SB LNS SHUT DOWN
10:52 AM21[34] MTRY SO DISP ON LL INQ IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER LNS THAT NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN?
10:49 AM20[32] 1039 DOT RE LINE 28 // DOT SUPERVISOR FRM KC 97 WORKING ON IT
10:48 AM19[31] 1039 8-S1 VIA LL
10:47 AM18[30] [Notification] [CHP]-CALTRANS ETA 1 HR
10:47 AM17[29] NOTIFY S1 / SIG ALERT NEEDED
10:45 AM16[26] WILLL NEED TO DIVERT NB TRAFFIC ONTO UNDERWOOD TO METZ
10:45 AM15[25] REQ DOT TO UNDERWOOD / CALTRANS WILL ADV ETA
10:44 AM14[22] 1039 CALTRANS
10:43 AM13[21] 40 ADV LINE 20 / COPIED OTHER TRAFFIC
10:43 AM12[20] REQ CALTRANS TRAFFIC BACKED UP TO UNDERWOOD AT A STOP
10:43 AM11[19] [Notification] [CHP]-PGE ETA 30 MIN 
10:43 AM10[18] SO ADVISING BOTH NB LN BLOCKED BY THE WIRES
10:39 AM9[15] [Notification] [CHP]-PER SALCOMM GRNFLD PD DOING 1184 , REQ CHP REROUTE TRAFFIC NB JSO PATRICIA
10:31 AM8[11] VEG FIRE WITH LIVE WIRES DOWN
10:30 AM7[10] FIRE ADVISING BOTH LOW HANGING AND ALSO ON THE RDWY
10:30 AM6[9] [Notification] [CHP]-FIRECOMM REQ ASSIST F/CHP LINES ACROSS BOTH SIDES OF US101 BOTH LN NB AND SB
10:30 AM5[7] 1039 PGE W/UPDATE
10:28 AM4[5] GRASS AROUND POLE IS ON FIRE
10:27 AM3[3] 1039 PGE
10:25 AM2[2] FIRE ENRT
10:25 AM1[1] POWER POLE IS SMOKING

Love of the Wilderness

“But the love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need- if only we had the eyes to see. Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us – if only we were worthy of it.”
Edward Abbey (thanks for the quote, Barbara Woyt)

That is why my heart hurts when I see so much of this:

A once beautiful wildflower meadow gone forever
Where have all the flowers gone?
Notice the “No vehicles” sign they drove around? People don’t realize what flowers and plants they destroy when they go off road and the erosion they cause.
If people could just stay on the road….the view is the same and so much damage could be avoided. Each year more and more wilderness is being destroyed.

These are just a few examples through photos taken this past Saturday. I took dozens more that same day — over 100 cars in 5 miles. If only we could see. We are not worthy of the beauty. We miss so much while thinking we are enjoying the wilderness, when we are in fact destroying it.

Bixby Bridge — overnight closures canceled

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWAY 1 AT BIXBY BRIDGE FULLY REOPENED 

ALL OVERNIGHT CLOSURES CANCELLED

MONTEREY COUNTY – Highway 1 at the Bixby Bridge has been fully reopened and overnight closures previously scheduled to continue into next week have been cancelled.

Highway 1 at the Bixby Bridge reopened today Friday July 23 at 6:30 am and will remain open at this location without any daytime or nighttime restrictions for travelers.

Contracted maintenance crews were able to perform repairs and complete inspections of the bridge ahead of schedule.

Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when 

driving through highway work zones.

For traffic updates on other state highways in Monterey County, travelers may contact Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at 805-549-3318 or can visit the District 5 website at: https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-5

Contracted Maintenance Teams work on arches below the Bixby Bridge, July 20, 2021.

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Kevin Drabinski

Public Information Officer

Caltrans District 5