[californiadisasters] As If To Underscore the Point About Landslides

Another Landslide Closes PCH in Dana Point

Crews will try to clear soil from the road Wednesday

Updated 7:45 AM PST, Wed, Jan 12, 2011

December downpours are still causing problems for motorists in Dana Point.

Another landslide shut down a section of Pacific Coast Highway through the community. Dana Point public works director Brad Fowler said the December downpours saturated the hillside and it gave way Tuesday as the soil contracts during the current drying-out period.

Soil is covering a 150-foot stretch of the northbound lanes of PCH between Palisades Drive and Camino Capistrano, the same area closed by a slide last month. The section of road is in the Capistrano Beach area of Dana Point.

Fowler told the Orange County Register that both sides of the highway will remain closed during cleanup Wednesday. He said Pacific Coast Highway should reopened by late Wednesday afternoon.

Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Another-Landslide-Closes-PCH-in-Dana-Point-113352184.html?__source=Newsletter-Daily

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