MUDDY MESS CLOGS 118-210 LINK.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Mud oozed from a rain-soaked hillside onto the connector from the eastbound Ronald Reagan Freeway (118) and westbound Foothill Freeway (210) on Thursday morning, snarling snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. rush hour traffic. About 9:30 a.m., the debris slid onto the freeway lanes from an adjacent construction site, said Vincent Moreno, a state Department of Transportation spokesman. "There were workers out there and they were doing something, and a certain amount of land gave way," Moreno said. "This hill is at least 100 feet up. It's a big hill." Throughout this week's rainstorms, mud and rocks had fallen onto nearby Paxton Street. But on Thursday, under clear skies Clear Skies could refer to:
adj. soup·i·er, soup·i·est 1. Having the appearance or consistency of soup. 2. Informal Foggy: soupy weather. 3. Informal Sentimental. sludge spread across the freeway connector. "It was a mixture mostly of mud and water," Moreno said. "It wasn't like a big clump . . . like a traditional landslide." Autos were detoured onto nearby surface streets - Glenoaks Boulevard, Paxton Street and Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
All lanes of the connector road were closed until shortly after 4 p.m., when crews finished cleaning up the mess, Moreno said. Caltrans may seek reimbursement of cleanup costs from the construction contractor if its work is found to have caused the slide, Moreno said. In three days this week, 4.02 inches of rain fell in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service. "It's pretty much over, as far as the rain is concerned. They don't have any in the extended forecast," Seto said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Caltrans workers Tom Cowan Thomas "Tom" Cowan (born August 28, 1969 in Bellshill, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender who currently plays for Hyde United. He was instrumental in helping Huddersfield Town gain promotion to the Football League First Division during the 1994-1995 season. , left, and Richard Hoogesteger clear a drain along the freeway connecting lanes Thursday. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion