07/17/2026
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There’s an eroding three-mile stretch of Highway 101 in California’s remote northwest corner that hugs fog-shrouded cliffs between the redwood forest and the Pacific Ocean.
It is ominously named Last Chance Grade. And it is steadily sliding toward the sea. For decades, residents of rural Del Norte County have pleaded for government officials to do something about it.
After many years of patching holes and building retaining walls, the California Department of Transportation is pursuing a long-term solution: a $2.5 billion tunnel through the redwood forest that would bypass the highway’s fast-eroding cliffs.
The project recently achieved a major milestone: In late May, state officials issued the final environmental impact report on the 1.1-mile tunnel — a 712-page, $55-million study that comes after more than a decade of public outreach and coordination with government agencies, Indigenous tribes, businesses and environmental groups.
Read more from the LA Times: https://bit.ly/LATimes-Last-Chance
