“Projections show more winter rainfall, which means more flooding or slope failures,” says one expert.
Workers on a slope along State Route 14, Antelope Valley Freeway, near Golden Valley Road in Santa Clarita on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Slope erosion and landslides pose a rocky risk for motorists along Southern California highways, and the Caltrans is using wire mesh to bolster freeway protections on the hilly Antelope Valley Freeway in Santa Clarita.
Michael Comeaux, a public information officer at Caltrans, said slope protection is necessary in part because of the intense atmospheric rivers that pounded California in February, bringing historic amounts of rain. The rain seeped into the ground and loosened rocks creating a precarious situation along some stretches of State Route 14.
“We don’t want rocks tumbling down to where they would end up on the shoulder of the freeway or even in a lane,” Comeaux said. “Also, we don’t want the surface of the slope to begin to fall apart like that. We want the surface of the slope to be stable.”
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