Crews race to repair PCH after section of highway washed out by storms

Source: New York Post

Crews are scrambling to keep California’s iconic Pacific Coast Highway from crumbling into the ocean as relentless surf, swollen tides and an ominous El Niño winter batter the state’s coastline. Caltrans announced Friday that workers are building a protective rock wall along Highway 1 at Thornhill Broome Beach in Malibu after recent storms washed out a section of the roadway. “In advance of an El Nino winter, crews are constructing Rock Slope Protection (RSP) on this shoreline along State Route 1 north of Sycamore Canyon Road, where a section of highway washed out in SoCal’s most recent storm,” the post on social media read.