Fixing former California wagon trail could cost taxpayers billions and destroy ancient redwoods
Metro Fixing former California wagon trail could cost taxpayers billions and destroy ancient redwoods By Daniel Farr Published June 20, 2026, 7:35 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google California taxpayers are staring down a multibillion-dollar price tag to rescue one of the state’s most unstable highways, a collapsing coastal stretch that is quite literally sliding into the ocean.
- ▪Metro Fixing former California wagon trail could cost taxpayers billions and destroy ancient redwoods By Daniel Farr Published June 20, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
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Metro Fixing former California wagon trail could cost taxpayers billions and destroy ancient redwoods By Daniel Farr Published June 20, 2026, 7:35 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google California taxpayers are staring down a multibillion-dollar price tag to rescue one of the state’s most unstable highways, a collapsing coastal stretch that is quite literally sliding into the ocean. The California Department of Transportation is now advancing a plan to bore a 1.1-mile tunnel through redwood forest to bypass the deteriorating “Last Chance Grade” section of US Highway 101, with the project estimated to cost $2.5 billion. 6 The Last Chance Grade Project is a collaborative effort to study alternatives.
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