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  1. Kick rocks!

    That’s what we started to do, attempting to use our feet to clear the west shoulder of Olmsted Rd near Hwy 68 / CA SR 68. Then we noticed the east shoulder and travel lanes were likewise strewn with many rocks! Don’t know what mishap left that mess, but we’re reporting to road cleanup crews : bikemonterey.org/where-to-repo.

    #RoadMaintenance #MontereyCounty #Rockslide #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

  2. See updates to Bike Buzz for more on road maintenance, i.e., bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-win.

    What to do when you come upon a rockslide (or other debris) that interferes with biking the shoulder of a road (and you normally bike the shoulder of that road, because motor vehicles travel at high speeds in the main travel lanes)?

    In California, if it’s a state highway, report it to California Department of Transportation / #Caltrans: csr.dot.ca.gov/.

    If not a state highway (not a maintenance responsibility of Caltrans), see where to report in Monterey County, : bikemonterey.org/where-to-repo.

    #RoadMaintenance #MontereyCounty #Rockslide #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

  3. We don’t take for granted the labor of tree crews who clear roads and roadsides. On yesterday’s ride, we came upon a large tree downed along the edge of this Monterey County road. Workers’ labor today made significant progress; it is now transformed to small logs.

    #Gratitude #RoadMaintenance #Laborers #TreeCrews #RoadCrews #MontereyCounty

  4. Debris torrent at site of recent culvert replacement. This should not have happened. There hasnt been enough rain to cause this under normal circumstances. A salmon bearing stream runs a few hundred yards below this road failure.
    The equipment operator pulled out all the coyote bush by the roots adjacent to the site, and accidentally changed the rd hydrology just enough so water came straight down the road instead of into the culvert.
    Notice the coyote bush that wasnt pulled, on the left and right of the debris torrent has not slid. A lesson to be learned, let coyote bush stand near culverts outlets. And road equipment operators who understand hydrology are extremely rare, and worth their weight in gold.
    Lucky i collected a bunch of ca wild blue rye grass (Elymus Glaucus) earlier in the year from this site. I will seed it this week.
    #SoilErosion #culverts #RoadMaintenance
    #CaNativeGrass #CaWildBlueRye
    #ElymusGlaucus
    #nativeplants