"They looked like they were watching their kid ride a bicycle for the first time.
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“They’ve come in way under budget—somewhere in the $60 million range with an $82 million budget.

“'We’re keeping the contract open because we anticipate there will be storms over the next few months.'
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"But today, we celebrate the reunification of the #BigSur community, and the return of connectivity along one of the most iconic [#highways] in the world.”—Katie Rodriguez , #MontereyCountyNow

#PacificCoastBikeRoute #BicycleTouring #BikePacking #PacificCoast #Highway1 #CASR1 #Hwy1 #RegentsSlide #Caltrans https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/highway-1-reopens-fully-in-big-sur-to-cheers-and-honking-horns/article_d7c03344-abd3-4e58-ad0f-7a1d2d476521.html

"California Department of Transportation, known as #Caltrans, said that the state had spent more than $370 million on fixing the #highway after #ExtremeWeather events in the past seven years….Building the road on unstable terrain took ingenuity. Fixing it in a world being rocked by #ClimateChange may take even more….There are more than 1,500 active slide areas in Big Sur.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/pacific-coast-highway-closed-climate-change.html

For Big Sur news, go to @Bigsurkate website (https://bigsurkate.blog/).

Headsup on a Henry Miller Library, Big Sur June 14 concert by Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen, with Dan Robbins and Bruce Handloff. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/114459399371098720

#infrastructure #CASR1 #Highway1 #Hwy1 #BigSur #RegentsSlide #NacimientoFergussonRoad #CentralCoast #PCH #PacificCoastHighway #LiveMusic #MontereyCounty