For the second time in per week, the 71 Freeway in Pomona was shut down after giant potholes opened by current rain broken a number of autos.
The freeway was closed in each instructions in a single day Tuesday close to the Holt Avenue exit, in keeping with the California Freeway Patrol. It was the identical location on the freeway the place about 30 autos had flat tires and broken rims after encounters with potholes final week.
The CHP blocked the freeway at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after the primary studies of harm, in keeping with Officer Joseph Davila.
“They shut it down early sufficient the place they may mitigate the problem,” he mentioned.
About 5 autos had been reported to have been broken, he mentioned, though a number of drivers appeared to have steered towards the shoulder after realizing the highway was broken.
The closure affected morning commuters as they had been diverted off the freeway at Holt Avenue whereas Caltrans crews labored to restore the highway.
At 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, one southbound lane of the freeway was reopened, Davila mentioned. Northbound visitors is predicted to be diverted off Holt Avenue till the afternoon.
The stretch of the 71 Freeway close to Holt Avenue has been hit onerous by the storms in Southern California, however officers have been conscious that the freeway is in want of extra in depth repairs, Davila mentioned.
“The roadway wants a full and extra in depth restore,” he mentioned, “however as a result of rain we haven’t been in a position to accomplish that.”
