Bridge fire map shows greater than 50 destroyed or damaged houses and buildings

chandankumarsoft — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:58:30 +0000

There is not any longer any parking available for visitors who need to stop and take a selfie on the Bixby Bridge.

Since last Friday, a brand new parking ban has been in effect on Coast Road on the Bixby Bridge along Highway 1 and can remain in effect until further notice, Monterey County announced.

Visitor parking on the dirt road next to the Bixby Bridge has long been an issue. (File by LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Visitors are only allowed to stop at designated areas along the panoramic road.

The parking ban is meant to enhance traffic safety and was implemented in coordination with Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol.

“An increasing number of visitors and motorists are parking along the highway and on side roads, creating hazards,” said Nicholas Pasculli, director of the county's communications office, in a news release. “With the Rocky Creek repair and signal system project, this has become an even greater problem.”

A piece of Highway 1 north of the Bixby Bridge collapsed into the ocean during a rainstorm last spring. Since then, traffic restrictions have been in place for repairs.

Once the parking ban goes into effect, California Highway Patrol officers will notify motorists and ask those that park illegally to maneuver. Cars that don’t move will probably be ticketed and will be towed.

County contractors have installed K-rails and no-parking signs along Coast Road (photo courtesy of Monterey County).

Originally published: September 16, 2024 at 6:52 am

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Oil refinery in Russia region damaged by drone attack in Ukraine: authorities

chandankumarsoft — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 02:49:32 +0000

The Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region needed to suspend some operations after it was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike, state news agency TASS quoted a manager overseeing the ability as saying on Saturday.

Ukraine has lagged behind in some places on the battlefield and, despite U.S. requests to not achieve this, has systematically targeted Russian energy infrastructure assets in an try to disrupt Russia's economy and thus its ability to finance its war effort.

A Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters that Ukraine attacked the Ilsky and Slavyansk oil refineries in Russia's Krasnodar region with drones early on Saturday, causing fires on the facilities.

The same source said Ukrainian drones also attacked the Kushchevsk military air base in the identical region overnight.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense units destroyed 66 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Krasnodar region and two more over the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

“The work of the (Slavyansk) plant was partially suspended. Exactly 10 UAVs (drones) flew directly into the factory, there was a strong fire. There could be hidden damage,” said Eduard Trudnev, safety director of Slavyansk ECO Group, the corporate that operates the plant, was quoted by TASS.

Roman Siniagovskyi, a neighborhood government official in Slavyansk, said earlier on Saturday on his official Telegram channel that the refinery's storage tank facilities weren’t damaged, but that a distillation tower was hit.

He said a hearth attributable to the attack had been extinguished and nobody was injured.

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Bridge fire map shows greater than 50 destroyed or damaged houses and buildings

Oil refinery in Russia region damaged by drone attack in Ukraine: authorities