http://www.ventanawild.org/projects/ias/ias.html
The road was closed for the season, it was never reopened for 5 years. During fire season suddenly there was unlimited budget and environmental concerns were washed away and it was rebuilt. It was closed again in 2000
Can anyone find any history on the CCC building this road? I'd love to read the account of its original construction.
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The Indians-Arroyo Seco Road has been closed continuously, to public vehicles since its seasonal closure in the late Fall of 1994.
Winter storms in '94-'95 created two major landslides which covered the roadway. A number of other slip outs, washouts, debris slides and damage also occurred. The Monterey County Roads Department, the maintaining agency, was unable to reopen in '95 due to higher roads priorities. In late '95 FEMA did an estimate of reopening costs of $140,000, but did not allow for work to be done using agreed upon Best Management Practices (BMPs).These BMPs resulted from an agreement (1981) between the USFS and the State Water Quality Control Board.
Is this located in Monterey County? I tried to look it up on Google Maps, and that was the closest-looking road that came up.
Yeah, Monterey County. The East side of BIg Sur.