The zipline has been a lifeline for the community of Corralitos after their access bridge was destroyed by stormwater this winter. Darrell Hardy created the line over the New Year’s weekend when he thought the bridge connecting his community to the main road might give way. KSBW was talking about the weather that was coming and I went. “So I went ahead and installed the zipline,” Hardy said. The Coralitos man said he was glad he did on the second weekend in January, when the bridge that crosses Coralitos Creek and connects his community to the main road gave out. The bridge failure cut off Grizzly Flat Road and Loma Escondida Road from Eureka Canyon Road if not for the zipline. Hardy said there are seven households off Grizzly Flatt Road, some with residents in their 80s and others with young children. To keep his family and others supplied, Hardy attached a basket to a zipline to deliver food, medicine and fuel to their homes. “It’s kind of scary because you know people live on propane and need gas for generators,” said Hardy’s wife, Stacey Cooper. Families living on Grizzly Flat Road parked cars on the bridge on the Eureka Canyon side in preparation for January’s storms. possible failure of the bridge. Even when Grizzly Flat residents reach the main road, it’s not easy to get out with downed trees and power lines keeping Eureka Canyon Road closed. The community of Grizzly Flat is located in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, but the bridge over Corralitos Creek was owned by the city of Watsonville. Hardy said engineers were scheduled to look at the bridge earlier this week, but said repairs would have to wait until the water level recedes.
The zipline has been a lifeline for the community of Corralitos after their access bridge was destroyed by stormwater this winter.
Darrell Hardy created the line over the New Year’s weekend when he thought the bridge connecting his community to the main road might give out.
“KSBW was talking about the weather that was coming and I went, ‘whoa, that bridge doesn’t look good,’ so I went ahead and installed the zipline,” Hardy said.
A Coralitos man said he was happy to cross the bridge that crosses Coralitos Creek and connects his community to the main road on the second weekend in January. The bridge failure cut off Grizzly Flat Road and Loma Escondida Road from Eureka Canyon Road if not for the zipline.
Hardy said there are seven households on Grizzly Flatt Road, some in their 80s and others with young children. To keep his family and others supplied, Hardy attached a basket to a zipline to deliver food, medicine and fuel to their homes.
“It’s kind of scary because you know people live on propane and need gas for generators,” said Hardy’s wife, Stacey Cooper.
Families living on Grizzly Flatt Road parked cars on the Eureka Gorge bridge before January’s storms in preparation for possible bridge failure. Even when Grizzly Flat residents reach the main road, it’s not easy to get out with downed trees and power lines keeping Eureka Canyon Road closed.
The community of Grizzly Flat is located in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, but the bridge over Corralitos Creek was owned by the city of Watsonville. Hardy said engineers were scheduled to look at the bridge earlier this week, but said repairs would have to wait until the water level recedes.
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