$30 MILLION.
ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ
JOINS US LIVE WITH THE LATEST,
PHIL?
PHIL: THERE IS A LOT OF
FRUSTRATION IN THE MOUNTAINS,
DRIVERS ARE GETTING TURNED
AROUND OR IGNORING ROAD CLOSURE
SIGNS.
>> IT'S LIKE A CAR WRECK THAT
KEEPS HAPPENING AND HAPPENING
AND HAPPENING.
PHIL: THE LATEST ONE IS SOQUEL
SAN JOSE ROAD, WHICH IS NOW
CLOSED.
IT'S A PRIMARY ALTERNATIVE TO
HIGHWAY 17.
THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO
REOPEN THE ROAD LEAVING DRIVERS
LOST.
>> IT'S SO HARD TO GO TO SAN
JOSE.
VERY HAR
IT'S HARD TO GO MANY WAYS.
PHIL: ALTERNATE ROUTES THROUGH
THE SANTA CRUZ MOUTNAINS, LIKE
HIGHWAY 35 NEAR LAS CUMBRES
ROAD, WERE ALSO MADE IMPASSABLE.
-- IMPASSABLE LAST WEEK WITH
THIS HUGE GAPING HOLE.
>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WAYS TO
GO, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH
PAIGE MILL AND TRY TO COME DOWN
SKYLINE AND HIGHWAY NINE.
AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO COME
DOWN HALF MOON BAY AND COME UP
HIGHWAY 1.
PHIL: HIGHWAY 9 IS OPEN TO
SARATOGA IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY,
BUT REMAINS CLOSED NEAR
GLENGARRY ROAD IN FELTON.
AND THERE ARE DELAYS BETWEEN
BOULDER CREEK AND BEN LOMOND.
A STOP LIGHT CONTROLS TRAFFIC
>> IT'S A CHALLENGE.
I'M A LAND USE PLANNER AND I
DEAL WITH MANY CLIENTS
THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING
TO SOME OF THESE SITES.
PHIL: THERE IS SOME RELIEF FOR
NELSON ROAD RESIDENTS.
ON PUBLIC WORK CREWS PLAN
WEDNESDAY, INSTALLATION OF TWO
85 FOOT RAIL CARS TO BRIDGE THE
GAP OF THE WASHED OUT ROAD.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT UP
THIS WEEK.
THERE'S SOME WORK ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT.
THE ABUTMENTS AND THE CONFORMS
TO THE OTHER PORTION OF NELSON
ROAD.
PHIL: HIGHWAY 17 IS AT THE HEART
OF THE PROBLEM.
A MUDSLIDE NEAR VINE HILL ROAD
HAS CLOSED THE NORTHBOUND LANE.
CREWS WORK TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND
THERE IS NO TIME FRAME WHEN ALL
4 LANES WILL REOPEN.
>> I WOULD PUT THIS ON THE '89
EARTHQUAKE WHEN WE HAD ALL THE
ROAD DAMAGE OR THE 1982 STORM
, EVENT WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF
ROAD DAMAGE.
THIS IS A MAJOR EVENT IN THIS
COUNTY
PHIL: THE COUNTY IS ALSO LOOKING
INTO POSSIBLY PUTTING A
TEMPORARY BRIDGE ACROSS SOQUEL
SAN JOSE ROAD TO KEEP TRAFFIC
MOVING.
AND MANY DRIVERS ARE MAKING THE
DANGEROUS CHOICE TO IGNORE ROAD
CLOSURES.



















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