A parking choice for guests wanting to drag over and get that selfie at Bixby Bridge is now not obtainable.
Beginning this previous Friday a brand new no parking rule took impact on Coast Street at Bixby Bridge alongside Freeway 1 and can stay in impact till additional discover the County of Monterey introduced.
Guests parking on the dust highway adjoining to Bixby Bridge has been a protracted operating drawback. (LiPo Ching/Bay Space Information Group file)
This week, county contractors put in Okay-rails and no parking indicators alongside Coast Street, also known as Previous Coast Street, to stop parking. It’s an unpaved, single-lane highway and residents who dwell within the space together with first responders have mentioned for years that the world has been impacted by parked automobiles blocking entry. These automobiles usually belong to vacationers seeking to make a brief go to to Bixby, the place parking is extraordinarily restricted.
Guests will solely be allowed to cease in designated areas alongside the scenic freeway.
The no parking rule is being put into place to assist enhance site visitors security and was accomplished in coordination with Caltrans and the California Freeway Patrol.
“An increasing number of visitors and motorists are parking along the highway and on side roads creating dangers,” Nicholas Pasculli, the county’s communications bureau director mentioned in a press assertion. “This has become an even bigger problem with the Rocky Creek repair and signal system project.”
A part of Freeway 1 simply north of Bixby Bridge crumbled into the ocean final spring throughout a rainstorm. Site visitors restrictions have been in place since then as repairs are being made.
Because the no parking rule goes into impact, California Freeway Patrol officers can be working to teach motorists and ask those that do park illegally to maneuver. Vehicles that aren’t moved can be ticketed after which could also be towed.
County contractors have put in Okay-rails and no parking indicators alongside Coast Street,(Picture courtesy — County of Monterey)
Initially Revealed: September 16, 2024 at 6:52 a.m.
