A section of Pacific Coast Highway is closing nightly due to damage Video broadcast Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024 on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m.
Part of Pacific Coast Highway will be closed nightly in both directions until further notice due to damage from high tides and last week's historic winter storm, city officials said Wednesday.
All lanes of PCH will be closed nightly from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. or later along a stretch in Malibu and Ventura County. The closure extends from Sycamore Canyon Road to Las Posas Road in Ventura County.
The closure was required due to erosion on the ocean-side of the road shoulder and more possible damage from upcoming storms. Another system is expected to arrive late this weekend and continue into early next week.
Caltrans will install k-rails to block off the right ocean-side lane and begin to stabilize the collapsed slope. The damage will be assessed each morning until the road is safe to reopen.
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People walk in the rain on Hollywood Boulevard on Feb. 19, 2024 in Los Angeles. Credit: Getty
Mulholland Drive is closed due to landslides on Monday Feb. 19, 2024.
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Mulholland Drive is closed due to landslides on Monday Feb. 19, 2024.
A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain. Credit: Chris Sturm
A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain. Credit: Chris Sturm
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A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain.
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Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Crews remove a downed tree in Long Beach Monday Feb. 5, 2024.
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A person rides a bike through floodwater during a storm in Santa Barbara, California, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Hurricane-force winds whipped the seas off California, while heavy rains raised flood risks from San Francisco to San Diego, as another powerful Pacific storm arrived on the state’s doorstep. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Stearns Wharf is shut down as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, California on Feb. 4, 2024.
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Ryan Coppenger, right, and Scott Larson, with the City of Long Beach ;Marine Bureau, collect bags of sand to be delivered to a lifeguard station that usually floods in preparations for upcoming storm in Long Beach on February 3, 2024. Coppenger and Larson also delivered sandbags to residents who needed them. Officials across Southern California are warning residents to prepare for what could be “life threatening and damaging flooding,” beginning Sunday. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Clouds before the storm in Yorba Linda.
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Cars sit partially submerged on a flooded road during a rain storm in Long Beach, California, on February 1, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched February 1, 2024 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a “Pineapple Express” weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. (Photo by David SWANSON / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Raindrops sit on a telescope at Griffith Observatory as storm clouds linger over the Los Angeles basin on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Crews will shift lanes to the land side to provide two lanes in both directions, city officials said. Drivers should watch for reduced speed-limit signs, and workers and work vehicles.
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