DRIVE TO REPAIR PCH CONTINUES; CALTRANS SETS DATE IN NOVEMBER FOR REOPENING.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer The rest of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. might have forgotten about the treacherous El Nino-triggered mudslides that ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Within two months, California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. crews will wrap up work on a buttress and drainage system Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a on the eastern half of the slide area on PCH PCH Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, see there , just south of Las Flores Boulevard and Sierks Way. The highway is scheduled to reopen by Nov. 12, a day commuters can count on ``pending nothing unforeseen happening,'' said a spokeswoman with Caltrans. ``That's the main thoroughfare. (The reopening) gives them full capacity. . . . So it's very important,'' said Margie Tiritilli, a Caltrans spokeswoman. Police also predict the reopening will help ease the load off nearby freeways, particularly the Golden State and Ventura freeways, which have been carrying PCH's rerouted burden. ``I think that would be a fair statement to say. If normal or heavily commuted routes are minimized, those who take them would use alternative routes. So certainly if major thoroughfares are opened, it will relieve traffic on those other thoroughfares,'' said Tito Gomez, a public affairs officer with the California Highway Patrol's southern division based in Glendale. Reconstruction began right after the first mudslide June 19. A second slide occurred June 22. During construction, traffic in both directions was squeezed onto the southbound lane. By the time reconstruction is completed, the project will have cost an estimated $20 million, Tiritilli said. Caltrans construction and maintenance crews, which have been working 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shifts, also have been busy hauling and excavating dirt and rocks away to nearby landfills. Of the 300,000 cubic yards of material that needed to be excavated, about 110,000 cubic yards remains. As part of the project, Caltrans crews also demolished two ocean-view, luxury homes that were teetering on a weakened cliff in June. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO An earthmover earth·mov·er n. A machine, such as a bulldozer or backhoe, that is used for digging or pushing earth. earth works on stabilizing a hillside above Pacific Coast Highway south of Las Flores Canyon in Malibu on Wednesday. David Sprague/Daily News |
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