[UPDATED With Map and More Info] Wilder Ridge and Landergen Road Reopens

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Wilder Ridge and Landergen Roads near Honeydew earlier this year.[Photo provided by a reader]

After a slide chewed through both Landergen Road above and Wilder Ridge Road below on February 3, residents faced a long commute to reach their homes.

Wren Belcher, a local, explained that for the last five days a local company, William J. Etter Construction, rebuilt the roadway built a detour. Yesterday, the workers allowed locals to intermittently drive through the area which has been closed for over a month.

Saying the work was being done with “amazing speed,” Belcher urged travelers to drive carefully. “The Smith Etter Road has one-way traffic in some areas,” he said.

Yesterday, the roadway began to reappear. [Photo by Wren Belcher]

Yesterday, Billy Etter’s crew began allowing locals to travel through the area.[Photos by Wren Belcher]

UPDATE: We spoke to Tony Seghetti, the Deputy Public Works Director for engineering. He explained that the road was opened by the end of the work day yesterday but there are some restrictions.

The road coming from Ettersburg has one-lane stop control so drive carefully. But, more importantly, the road coming from the north end has length restrictions for the vehicles headed through. A sign will be placed reading, “Length Restrictions of 32′ from Kingpin to rear axle.”

Below is a very rough map of the detour.

Map of detour

This is a very rough map of the detour around the slide. The line in blue indicates the new road pushed through. The red rectangle indicates the slide area. [Note: this is not meant to be to scale. It is just to give a rough idea.]

Earlier Chapter: Wilder Ridge Road Closed by a Slide

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Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
7 years ago

Wow…good job!!!

Bronco
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Bronco
7 years ago

Thanks for the mention of Honeydew. Some of us newcomers are still learning the geography!

Good job folks, and considering the damage surprisingly quick. Hope it lasts!

Brad
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Brad
7 years ago

I’d love to see a map of how they bypassed the slide. So glad to see the locals solving the problem.

Mattolian
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Mattolian
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Looks pretty accurate to me.

Don't Resist
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Don't Resist
7 years ago

Private companies solving government problems??? Blasphemy I say! Have faith in the process and believe following the EIR will lead us threw the gates of our final destiny!

Bronco
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Bronco
7 years ago

The original article stated that they “rebuilt the roadway” and now it turns out that they constructed a detour? Perhaps a matter of semantics but quite a bit of difference IMO.

Mattolian
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Mattolian
7 years ago
Reply to  Bronco

Kym had 5 balls in the air when i talked to her. So, probly semantics. Dought they’ll ever be able to repair that slide. But hopefully they’ll rehab it so all that wire& gaurd rail doesnt end up in the honeydew creek.

G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

Big difference. Nice job🚜

Tim Cochrane
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Tim Cochrane
7 years ago

As always Kym, thanks for the current scoop. Getting from Wilder Ridge to Petrolia has been a major pain. Thanks to Etter & crew for the speedy detour. It was a big job.

Frenchy
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Frenchy
7 years ago

Wow! Great job!

Randal MacKendrick
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Randal MacKendrick
7 years ago

I’m well acquainted with both roads, my Dad had a cabin above the Smith Ranch, on Beartrap.

Jayne Dough
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Jayne Dough
7 years ago

YAY for locals!!!!! I live in Carlotta, but hubby and I LOVE exploring or just driving all backroads, was really wondering about these 2 roads and their massive slide. Great work!