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Originally posted by sjtill:
We used to have a vacation home at Sea Ranch...

I drove up the coast one rainy day, passing Sea Ranch and Gualala. There were so many tree cutting and PG&E crews on the road, I decided to take Mountain View Road back to the 101.

I'll never do that drive in the rain again.

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Originally posted by az4783054:
AZ property values just went up a little

Ocean front properties?

As for the slide, just bridge it. Put in a glass bottom roadway.

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Originally posted by rburg:

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Originally posted by az4783054:
AZ property values just went up a little

Ocean front properties?

Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the new west coast? If the Central Valley were to drop 25'-30', the SF Bay would be the new entrance to the Central Sea.

That slipout does not look too bad. Wholly avoidable if proper drainage had been in place under the roadway.

"California; tumbles into the sea..." Fagen & Becker had it right 48 years ago. At least this part of California

Presto, back open. They'll get the drainage better this time.

BIG SUR, Calif. -- A section of California's scenic Highway 1 that collapsed during a winter storm reopened to traffic on Friday .... The highway has been closed since Jan. 28, when heavy rain unleashed torrents of mud and debris left over from a wildfire, washing down a 150-foot (46-meter) chunk of roadway into the sea. ... in 2017 caused slides that closed off Big Sur for more than a year. ... This time, crews began to fill the canyon below with compacted dirt in early March. They worked nearly 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, and were able to restore the roadway nearly two months ahead of schedule, aided by dry weather and increasingly longer days, the California Department of Transportation said. ... After reopening, crews will replace the main drainage system above the fixed roadway to help withstand future debris flows ...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wire..._posts_headlines_hed

i would think they would have made an improved drainage system under the road as part of the repair

Without the tree huggers and the permit process that will let every environmentalist say the road should stay closed and the salamander and turtle protected, it could be open in a month or less.

Not that deep a hole. Anchor into the mountain and start pouring in dirt. Top with concrete and then asphalt.

It is not rocket science.

It will take years of paperwork and months to fix

Only reading the titles Sig ?

It's starting!

It may be a beautiful view, but lets be honest, it's pretty fucking stupid place for a road.

Historically California in a nutshell.