CITY CALLS MOTHER NATURE'S BLUFF WITH LANDSLIDE PROJECT
When a landslide destroyed five San Clemente homes and sent them tumbling onto a highway and railroad track in Dana Point, California, the tiny seaside community lead a 2-year effort to rebuild and strengthen the collapsed bluff and to reopen the road. This article reports that the erosion control effort was a combination of projects that included: rebuilding the collapsed bluff and strengthening it with large tie-back anchors; applying a shotcrete surface to further strengthen the bluff; installing a drainage system in the bluff face; utilizing a latex mold of rock, sculpted concrete surfaces, stain and landscaped groundcover to hide the construction and replicate the bluff's natural face; working with local, state, and federal agencies and a private group to permit and finance the project; and keeping residents informed of details and progress of restoration through open houses and newletters. The $3.5 million bluff restoration was funded via state, federal, and private dollars.
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Corporate Authors:
Intertec Publishing Corporation
6151 Powers Ferry Road, NW
Atlanta, GA United States 30339-2941 -
Authors:
- Shapard, R
- Publication Date: 1996-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 24
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Serial:
- American City & County
- Volume: 111
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: Penton Media
- ISSN: 0149-337X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bluff bodies; Drainage structures; Erosion; Erosion control; Financing; Forming; Landslides; Public information programs; Reconstruction; Shotcrete; Strength of materials; Structural strengthening
- Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems; Erosion damage
- Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00729997
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 23 1997 12:00AM