A portion of state Highway 1 in Big Sur that was closed because of a rockslide in March reopened on Friday morning with one-way traffic controls.
The repairs will allow businesses to reopen to the public as soon as Friday. The Big Sur Branch Library at Ripplewood Resort will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Friday. It will resume normal business hours on Saturday. A section of the highway collapsed and fell over the cliffside south of Rocky Creek Bridge, about 17 miles south of the city of Monterey, on March 30. Nobody was injured. Caltrans crews reinforced the highway with steel bars known as rock dowels for the temporary repair work.
'Crews have been working day and night to quickly repair the damage to Highway 1 caused by recent storms, which has disrupted the lives of individuals living in and around Big Sur -- limiting access to the area and hampering tourism,' Newsom said in a statement. The governor sought federal funding through an emergency declaration in early May.
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