Trains remain suspended as experts evaluate San Clemente slope to determine extent of problem and possible fixes
A hillside continued to slide Friday above the railroad tracks at San Clemente, where a day earlier concerned transit officials suspended all passenger and freight train traffic on the only link between Orange and San Diego counties.
The toe or bottom of the main slide is about 30 feet above the railroad tracks, but chunks of soil and debris fell to track level without causing any damage. The area’s soil is poor and may have been weakened by the winter rains, he said. An apartment building below and to one side of the slide has been red-tagged and evacuated because of soil pushing up against one side of the structure, officials said. Only about eight of the 24 apartments have permanent occupants, most are vacation rentals.
Two miles south of Casa Romantica, on a bluff below the Cyprus Shore community, a recurring landslide started its gradual movement again last fall. The OCTA suspended all passenger service between San Diego and Orange counties beginning Sept. 30 to launch a $13.7 million stabilization project that involved drilling steel anchors more than 130 feet deep into the bedrock. Weekday Amtrak and Metrolink service to Oceanside resumed April 17.
“Earlier this week, the California State Transportation Agency awarded $5 million in Transit Intercity Rail Capital Program funds to OCTA ... for a study to evaluate long-term options for the coastal section of the rail corridor in Dana Point and San Clemente,” Edson said.
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