RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council voted to continue to make regular asphalt repairs to the area of Palos Verdes Drive South known as the ski jump.
In the steep area, a large crack in the road form and is re-paved frequently, according to the city. Cars driving over the crack have come away with significant damage, officials said.
“I’ve seen of course cars that have lost the front of their bumpers,” Mayor John Cruikshank said. “The night that we actually passed the ban on two-wheeled bikes, councilmember Ferrero and I saw a motorcycle being loaded onto the back of a truck.”
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The crack is located at the point where the Abalone Cove landslide meets with the Portuguese Bend landslide. On the western part, the land is pushing up at a rate of about 1.4 feet per year, and on the eastern part, the land is subsiding at 1.5 feet per year.
The continual re-pavement of the road will cost the city anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million per year. The other alternative would have cost the city $5 million for a longer-term solution to the instability in the area.
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“The road continues to be very challenging in this area. Even after the repair, within a week or two weeks, it will be very quickly back to this condition,” Public Works Director Ramzi Awwad said.
At the meeting, the city also considered the possibility of implementing slower speed limits on the road as well as additional lighting and signage to ensure safe driving.
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