Bluff repairs force another Del Mar weekend rail closure
ABC 10News
and last updated 2021-04-16 13:29:43-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - All rail services from Solana Beach to San Diego will shut down just after midnight through early Tuesday morning to accommodate Del Mar Bluff stabilization emergency repairs, according to the San Diego Association of Governments.
The regional rail closure affects the North County Transit District, Amtrak and freight carrier BNSF and will be in effect from just after midnight Saturday through Tuesday at 4 a.m.
In Del Mar, crews will install tieback anchors along previously placed support columns into the bluffs south of Fourth Street as part of emergency repairs following a bluff collapse in late February, SANDAG officials said. The work includes drilling holes into the bluffs, placing anchors and filling the holes with concrete. Emergency stabilization repairs are expected to be complete by summer 2021.
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