A stretch of Topanga Canyon Boulevard that was closed due to a massive landslide could remain shut down until September, Caltrans said.
The ongoing closure, between Pacific Coast Highway and the neighborhood of Fernwood, began March 9 in the aftermath ofthat blocked the entire roadway. It marks the second time Topanga Canyon has been shut down this year.
The agency said water continues to seep out from underneath the debris, indicating the mass may move at a given moment. A rainstorm last weekend further saturated the unstable hillside. "Due to present geological conditions and instability of the slope, material must be removed from the top down," according to Caltrans. "Removing the 'toe' of the slope will bring down the unstable earth and large boulders above as water is still percolating under the surface."
"The hillside is still unstable," Caltrans spokesman Jim Medina said last month. "It's an active slide and our drone video has shown that there's a tension crack above where the slide is. So that's concerning, because we have additionalthis weekend. There's already water underneath, so the concern is that more rocks and the hillside will be falling down."
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