The calendar has turned over to 2025, but things are not improving on El Camino. I just happened to make the round-trip from the southern edge of B'game to the northern edge and it's a mess. Due to the New Year's mid-week holiday, the delivery trucks (Amazon, UPS, FedEx, Sysco, etc) are clogging up the traffic flow by taking the right lane away. Nothing new there.
What is new is how many new potholes have appeared. Some blame the rains. Some blame the prior poor patch jobs. SamTrans buses pounding the pavement? How about all of the above. My less-than-scientific wild guess is there are about 400 potholes on our section of the King's Road. The King should be ashamed of himself. Maybe Caltrans is thinking why fix anything when we are planning to tear it all up anyway, but the section just south of B'game in San Mateo isn't any better. Here's a reminder that somewhere on ca.gov you can ask for money to repair damage to your car from the road. I've never tried it, but I hear it is possible. In the meantime, we all suffer with the Peasant's Road. Here is the new emblem of ECR that replaces the Mission bells.
CalTrans is currently promising to begin the El Camino reconstruction project in the “Spring of 2025”
That is just weeks away but they have not met similar promises for several years.
It will soon be clear that the lane removal on traffic alternative California Drive, to appease the Bicycle Mob, was a horrible decision by the short sighted Burlingame Council.
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/el-camino-real-renewal-set-to-begin-this-spring/article_86787330-9509-11ef-80aa-6318ce1bd0ff.html
Posted by: Concerned | March 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Well I’ve seen that bicycle laying used by about 12 cyclists one baby carriage and two cars. So it’s not going on unused.
Posted by: Cassandra | March 17, 2025 at 09:05 AM