Current phase of Devil’s Slide tunnel will last until next spring

The current phase of construction of the Devil’s Slide tunnel, which includes shaping Montara Mountain and widening the highway near Gray Whale Cove, will last until next spring, reports the County Times.

This will be followed by building a bridge to the tunnel entrance on the Pacifica side of the mountain, and the blasting of the tunnel itself. The tunnel is scheduled to be completed in 2010.

The article recounts some of the problems the tunnel already encountered with endangered species. Work had to be halted until a nestful of peregrine falcons were ready to leave home. And there are red-legged frogs all over the building site.