Highway 9 reopens

A portion of Highway 9, damaged from torrential rains, has reopened as part of a $7 million emergency-road project.
Work on the section from Glengarry Road to Paradise Park entailed two large mudslides, multiple smaller slides, down trees, four roadway repairs and four pavement rebuilds.
The biggest mudslide was just south of the scenic overlook about four miles south of downtown Felton. Repairs on that are completed.
The work, performed by Granite Construction, totaled $750,000.
A half-mile section south of Paradise Park just north of Santa Cruz will remain a single lane for the next few weeks while Caltrans performs geotechnical work.
The mudslide damage just north of the scenic overlook, now restricted to 1 ½ lanes, will remain so for several months while Caltrans determines what kind of structure should be built.
The section of Highway 9 in Brookdale that is narrowed to one lane with traffic signals because the northbound lane washed out is likely to stay one lane for several months until the area is analyzed by Caltrans.
Highway 9 was reopened from the first slide, north of the overlook, in early January, and was reopened on Jan. 28.
The road was closed after the second mudslide south of the overlook, on Feb. 6, until it was reopened March 31.
Granite Construction has been working on the route since Feb. 22.