According to ODOT District Manager Darrin Neavoll, who had the opportunity to see the slide north of Brookings Sunday, pictures do not do it justice. “It is amazing on how much ground has moved and is moving.” he said in a press release Sunday.
Tidewater has been working hard to try and get the water that is coming off the hill diverted away from the main part of the slide to try and slow it down and they also have been hauling in a bunch of rock and storing it on the north end. The slide is still moving, but the north end seems to be slowing down and so tomorrow they are going to start working on building a road on that end.
On the south end the slide has pushed the hillside into the alignment that we need to get a single lane back open so they are going to see if they can dig into that bank and remove some of the hillside(mud). They need to determine if that is stable enough to get some rock in that area.
The south side continues to move about 10 to 12 inches an hour but the hope is that it will start slowing down over the next few days. Tidewater contractors want to be ready to get rock in there if it does indeed slow down enough.
ODOT District Manager Darrin Neavoll drove the detour and reported that it seemed to be flowing as good as it could. I really appreciate our motor carrier enforcement officers helping at the checking points. I think that provides a good presents as they start up Carpenterville Highway. Also the Oregon State Police has been doing a great job patrolling the road and keeping people driving safely.
Curry County Commissioner Court Boice also drove the Carpenterville detour route yesterday and agrees that despite dozens of pavement patches and (3) single lane gravel locations, overall traffic seemed to be moving reasonably well – both directions.
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