A road closure that cut off Topanga residents from their main route to the coast and forced long detours will reopen Sunday, months ahead of officials' initial estimate.
A road closure that cut off Topanga residents from their main route to the coast and forced long detours will reopen Sunday, months ahead of officials' initial estimate. Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to announce Friday the expedited reopening of a stretch of Topanga Canyon Boulevard that was shut down after a landslide March 9 smothered the roadway with dirt, rocks and a car-sized boulder. That month, storms battered the area, causing widespread damage.
It turned out, however, that there was less dirt, rocks and other material to remove than anticipated and the landslide wasn't as deep as originally thought, according to Wonder. Caltrans personnel couldn’t get to the slide area to make a more accurate estimate until the earth stopped moving, she said. The area remained unsafe for weeks. Crews ultimately removed about 15,000 cubic yards of material — much less than the 50,000 to 90,000 they thought they would have to contend with, she said.
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