UPDATE: SR-89 no longer blocked after hazardous tree removal
UPDATED: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 12:36 p.m.
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Caltrans officials announced just at 12:36 p.m. today that SR-89 was no longer blocked after officials finished removing a hazardous tree that was blocking both directions of travel near Burney Falls State Park.
The roadway was blocked for less than one hour and traffic is now moving unimpeded through the area.
Original Story: TRAFFIC ALERT: SR-89 blocked due to hazardous tree removal
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Caltrans officials have issued a warning for SR-89 near Burney Falls State Park, saying in a social media release that both directions of travel are currently blocked and impassable due to a hazardous tree removal.
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Officials issued the alert about 15 minutes ago, at 11:51 a.m., saying that Caltrans workers are at the scene.
Contacted for more information, a Caltrans official advised there was no estimate for when the highway would be re-opened, telling SCNS that no traffic is being allowed to pass through the area.
All vehicles are either being forced to wait along the side of the highway while the work is being completed or being turned around to seek alternative routes around the ongoing work.
Caltrans also advised they would be posting updates as the work continues.
This is a developing story that will be updated as new information becomes available.
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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 29 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.