January 31, 2020 - Mariposa County District 1 Supervisor, Rosemarie Smallcombe, posted a link to the video on the Ferguson Project that was part of the Caltrans presentation at the Open House in El Portal Tuesday night.

The animation shows the sections of the rockshed being moved into place by powerful jacks so that workers will not be in danger of possible falling rock.

In addition, Caltrans staff responded to a number of questions and have a few more they’re researching.

The key takeaways are that the first phase of the Project is debris removal, about 84 cubic tons of it, or about 3 times what they removed last time!

Removal from the slide area will involve the use of remotely controlled machinery so that workers will not be in danger if new slides occur.

The material will be trucked to the Mariposa landfill beginning in July 2020. So, traffic going between the slide area and the landfill may be slower than usual.

The actual construction of the rockshed is expected to start sometime in the spring or summer of 2021 and to take three to five years.
Source: Mariposa County District 1 Supervisor, Rosemarie Smallcombe