Santa Cruz Company Awarded Contract To Repair Fire-Damaged Roads

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Caltrans District 5 has awarded Granite Construction of Santa Cruz a $6 million emergency contract to clear, repair and restore segments of Highways 1, 9 and 236 in Santa Cruz County damaged as a result of the CZU Lightning Complex fires.

The various contractors and sub-contractors will work to remove hundreds of fallen and hazardous trees, replace burned guardrail in at least a dozen locations, replace numerous destroyed traffic signs and markers, and repair damage to the lagging and facing of a retaining wall.

These three highways remain closed at various areas, including:

- Highway 1 at Shafer Road near the Santa Cruz/San Mateo County line, and in Monterey County from the Willow Creek Vista Point to north of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park due to the Dolan Fire.

- Highway 9 between the junction with state Highway 35 and San Lorenzo Valley High School

- Highway 236 is inaccessible, as it is within the area closed because of the fires.

Caltrans engineers and maintenance forces are continuing to assess the damage and prioritize the areas in most need of response, while at the same time supporting the needs of emergency responders who continue to respond to this active fire. It is not known when this reconstruction effort will be completed or roads re-opened in this region. Caltrans will provide regular updates on the effort to restore infrastructure in this region.

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