Fairfax-Bolinas Road CONDITION UPDATES, thank you for your patience: At milepost 5.73, Fairfax-Bolinas Road will be open on weekdays and weekends from 12/16/24 through 1/1/25 (weather permitting), with traffic controlled through a single lane with alternating access. This is to accommodate the holiday traffic. From 1/2/25 through 1/5/25, the road will be closed at milepost 5.73 to allow for construction activities as the project nears completion, weather permitting. After 1/5/25, it is anticipated that the road will be closed from Azalea Hill to Ridgecrest on weekdays only. By mid-January, the project is expected to be completed and the roadway will fully reopen. See project webpage for details.

Guardrail Replacement Project and Panoramic Highway MP 2.26 Slide Repair

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Description

Overview

The project had 2 components: 1) replacement of specific guardrails across the county that were identified as no longer meeting current design standards, and 2) the construction of a retaining wall on Panoramic Highway at milepost 2.26. Approximately 4,825 total feet of guardrails were removed and replaced, and two retaining walls totaling about 300 linear feet were implemented. A portion of the retaining wall addressed a slide that occurred during a storm in October 2021 and the rest is to support the roadway shoulder and to meet design standards for the new guardrail at the location.

Funding

The approximately $2,554,000 million project was 91% funded by state/federal grants and the remaining 9% share cost was funded by the County’s Road & Bridge Fund. Every year, Caltrans provides state funds to local agencies for safety improvement projects such as this one. This project was funded in part as a Cycle 9 Highway Safety Improvement Project (HSIP).

Traffic Impacts

During February and March (perhaps longer depending on weather impacts to the work schedule), Panoramic Highway at milepost 2.26 was temporarily reduced to a single lane of travel to accommodate construction of the retaining wall. The alternating direction of travel was controlled by a temporary traffic signal with delays of 5 to 10 minutes.

Timeline

October 2021

  • Storm caused a slide on Panoramic Highway milepost 2.26

September 2023

  • Contract awarded for project

October 2023

  • Work begins on project

November 2023

  • Construction begins

Spring 2024

  • Single lane with alternating direction traffic control through construction zone at milepost 2.26, controlled by temporary traffic signal.

August 2024

  • Project completed
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