A rain-saturated hillside collapsed in Marin County during Tuesday's storm, causing 100 feet of road to buckle and blocking public access to Olompali State Historic Park, officials said.
A mudslide damaged parts of Redwood Boulevard near Olompali State Historic Park in Novato, Calif., March 22, 2023., causing 100 feet of road to buckle and blocking public access to Olompali State Historic Park, officials said.
The mudslide closed a section of Redwood Boulevard, the frontage road running along Highway 101 southbound, just west of the Marin County airport, a statement from Marin County and the Novato Fire Protection District said. There's no estimated time for when the road will reopen. Highway 101 remains open; no homes or structures are threatened.
A mudslide damaged parts of Redwood Boulevard near Olompali State Historic Park in Novato, Calif., March 22, 2023.The erosion event occurred in the evening on a slope above Redwood Boulevard, and the road broke and buckled as"the slide moved a significant amount of water and mud in the immediate area," according to the statement.
Two PG&E gas main lines were uncovered in the slide but were not broken. The county said it is investigating whether the eroded hillside is putting pressure on a North Marin Water District aqueduct that runs from Sonoma County to Marin.
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