Tag: Rocky Creek

Road Updates

Training exercises are going on at Ft. Hunter Leggett, so Nacimiento is closed for up to an hour at a time, random days and times, on the East side of Big Sur, where the base and USFS borders join and on the eastern side of the base at Nacimiento and Mission Rd. this is in effect now until March 9th.

On Rocky Creek, overnight closures are complicated, but not total. Sunday, March 3rd thru Wednesday, March 6th, there will be 10 minute closures from 9 pm to 11 pm, then 1/2 hour closures from 11 pm to 7am. Thursday, March 7th there will be a hard closure from 10 pm until 7 am Friday morning.

Okay, got that now?

BTW, some technical difficulties of an unknown source. I am not getting ANY emails on my iPad, from home or abroad. I am still getting them on my iPhone, though. I am having trouble with sundry other apps on my iPad, but not all, and some I can’t get at home, I get while abroad on the coast. More troubleshooting is in order, I guess! If I can’t figure it out, I guess I’ll have to take my iPad in to Verizon or Apple. I love technology!

After a day and a half of that, for some bizzare reason, I am now getting emails on my iPad, again. Who knows what happened?

Working to save Highway from itself, and Mother Nature

Following is a photojournal of my trip north Wednesday. Three construction areas, we had to traverse. This is why we don’t go north much right now.

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Look at the colors in those arches. Aren’t they gorgeous!.

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AND, construction number two – Partington.

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It is not just the stopping for 10 minutes, or more, EACH, it is getting in a line of cars from which one cannot escape!

Finally, Rocky Creek.

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Huge backup NB highway one

Incident: 00512 Type: Defective Traffic Signals Location: Sr1 N / Rocky Creek TBM/LatLon: 36.378889 -121.902500
Detail Information
6:07 PM 6 [10] 1039 MONT COM / FOR SO UNIT TO ASSIST
6:06 PM 5 [8] B27-022 22B VIA LL NO CALTRANS NEEDS ASSIST WITH 1184, TRAFFIC IS REALLY BACKED UP
6:00 PM 4 [7] B27-022 MORE TRAFFIC HEADING NB THAN SB
6:00 PM 3 [6] B27-022 LIGHTS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY TRAFFIC BACKED UP
5:15 PM 2 [2] RP THINKS DUE TO THE TEMPORARY SIGNAL AT ROCKY CREEK BRIDGE
5:15 PM 1 [1] TRAFFIC BACKED UP TO LITTLE SUR RIVER
Unit Information
5:24 PM 2 Unit Assigned
6:00 PM 1 Unit At Scen

Rocky Creek Closures, Holiday schedules

HIGHWAY 1/ROCKY CREEK VIADUCT PROJECT CONTINUES WITH DAYTIME ROADWORK AND OVERNIGHT CLOSURES

MONTEREY COUNTY – Daytime roadwork on Highway 1 continues next week from 7 am to 5 pm Wednesday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 28. There will be NO overnight closures from Sunday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. There will be NO daytime closures on: Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday, Dec. 25, Monday, Dec. 31 or Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Daytime and overnight roadwork resumes on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Rocky Creek Update

I stopped posting all the standard ones that offer no new information, but this one does. There are no closures from 12/23 through New Year’s. Yeah!

** UPDATE #9 **
HIGHWAY 1/ROCKY CREEK VIADUCT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY—
DAYTIME ROADWORK AND OVERNIGHT CLOSURES CONTINUE

MONTEREY COUNTY – Daytime roadwork continues next week from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, Dec. 17 through Friday, Dec. 21. Overnight closures of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek (Mile Marker 59.5), between Big Sur and Carmel are scheduled for five nights starting from Sunday, Dec. 16 through Thursday, Dec. 20 (finishing Friday am) from 9 pm to 7 am each night. There will be NO overnight closures from Sunday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.

Rocky Creek Update #4

MONTEREY COUNTY – Daytime roadwork continues from 7am to 5 pm next Tuesday, Nov. 13 through Friday, Nov. 16. Overnight closures of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek (Mile Marker 59.5) are scheduled for four nights next week from Monday Nov. 12 through Thursday, Nov. 15 from 9 pm to 7 am each night.

Cal Trans update, Rocky Creek

** UPDATE #2**
HIGHWAY 1/ROCKY CREEK VIADUCT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY—
DAYTIME ROADWORK AND OVERNIGHT CLOSURES CONTINUE

MONTEREY COUNTY – Daytime roadwork continues from 7am to 5 pm this Sunday, Oct. 28 through next Saturday, Nov. 3. Overnight closures of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek (Mile Marker 59.5) are scheduled for three nights next week from Sunday, Oct. 28 through Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 9 pm to 7 am each night. No overnight closures are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 31 or Thursday, Nov. 1 due to local events

Ed Note: the 3 closures are Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The road will be open Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Saturday – Oct 31st thru Nov 3rd to accommodate the Bal Masque on the 31st, and the Big Sur Food and Wine Festival the 1st thru the 3rd.

Also note the following dates in NOVEMBER, during which the road will remain open, due to holidays and weekends:
9, 10, 11, 12 – Presidents Day weekend
16, 17 – normal weekend
21, 22, 23, 24, 25 – Thanksgiving Weekend
30 – normal weekend

Jade Festival, 2012 & Rocky Creek Viaduct closure update

This morning, all campgrounds down here on the South Coast were full in anticipation of the Jade Festival. The heat wave has broken, so expect foggy and chilly mornings, burning off in the afternoon for beautiful sunshiny afternoons. The festival starts tomorrow at noon and continues Saturday and Sunday from 10-6 pm. Our wonderful Jewell of the South Coast is the featured star, with a supporting cast of great food, live music and wonderful friendly people. This is a family gathering, on a school, so no drugs or alcohol are permitted on site. Fur kids must be on a leash.

New schedule for viaduct closure:

Today’s Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito
and Santa
Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HIGHWAY 1/ROCKY CREEK VIADUCT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY—
OVERNIGHT CLOSURES TO BEGIN OCTOBER 15

MONTEREY COUNTY – After further consultation with the contractor, the hours
for full closures of Hwy. 1 at Rocky Creek (PM 59.5) will be 9 pm to 7 am
beginning Monday, October 15 through the end of February, Caltrans
officials have announced.

Roadwork will occur seven days a week, 24/7 with one-way signalized traffic
control. Traffic will be stopped for 10 minutes at a time. However, full
overnight closures will take place five nights a week Sundays through
Thursdays. No full closures will occur on Friday/Saturday nights.

The project to construct a permanent viaduct about 15 miles south of Carmel
near the Rocky Creek Bridge along Highway 1 began on Sept. 4. Completion is
scheduled by Labor Day 2013, weather permitting.

Daily roadwork schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions
and other factors.

If my calculations are correct, that is four and one-half months of overnight closures, five days a week.

First overnight closure set at Rocky Creek

Update, less than an hour later, Collin Jones sent out this:

“Hey folks, our news release is going out later today. The temporary signal
is up and the updated schedule now calls for overnight closures to begin on
Thursday, Oct. 11 @ 9 pm.

Thanks, Colin”

“Heads up everyone:

The permanent viaduct repair of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek 15 miles south of
Carmel is underway, with the overnight closures from 9 pm to 7 am set to
begin on Oct. 7 or 8 and continuing for 3-4 months. Susana Cruz, Jim
Shivers and I in the Public Information Office will be sending out frequent
traffic notices, updating our Big Sur traffic hotline (888-836-0866) and
our crews will be deploying numerous message signs on both ends of Big Sur.

We’ll be sending out more details in a news release by Monday, Oct. 1.

As always, Caltrans greatly appreciates the community’s support and
cooperation. This project is important in maintaining the long-term
stability of the vital Highway 1 corridor from Cambria to Carmel. Working
together, we can make this another successful transportation project along
the Big Sur Coast.

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks, Colin Jones
Public Affairs Manager
Caltrans District 5
(805) 549-3189”