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Highway 1 Set To Reopen In July After Massive Landslide Last Year

John Madonna Construction / Caltrans District 5
Highway 1 at Mud Creek south of Big Sur is set to reopen by the end of July 2018, more than a year after a massive landslide closed the road.

In May 2017 a massive mud and rockslide closed Highway 1 near the Monterey and San Luis Obispo County lines. The scenic road is one of the most beautiful in America, and popular destination for valley travelers, but it’s also incredibly challenging to maintain, even in a normal year. And 2017 was not normal. Floods rendered a bridge near Big Sur unstable, and cause the massive slide near Mud Creek. For the past year crews have worked to rebuild the road there and stabilize the hillside. Now comes news that the end might be in sight, with a planned reopening slated for the end of July. We spoke with Caltrans public information officer Colin Jones to learn more about the process of reopening one of America's most scenic highways.

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).