Please remember while driving on Old La Honda Road the speed limit is 25 mph not 35-45 mph as on 84. Since the construction on 84 started many drivers are speeding up and down OLHR. Please slow down so no one get hurt. Thank you

Please also remember that Old La Honda is used by a LOT of bikes in both directions. The climbers may be going VERY slowly. Share the road with caution

... and many of those bikes are out early and late and some of those riders are foolish in their lack of lighting.

I don't understand. Cal Trans has known about the problem at Friars Lane and has done nothing so far but put some sandbags out. What are they waiting for someone to drive over it and the road give way and someone goes down the edge and gets hurt or worse? If they know there is a safety issue and does nothing, if the time comes and someone gets hurt, big lawsuit?
I heard they told the neighbor that lives there they basically wait until the road fails before they do anything.
Why don't they fix it at the same time they fix the problem at Grandview?
Anyhow thanks for reporting on it keep us posted.

For the concerned Menlo Park residents who for some reason must ride their bicycles on Old La Honda road, it is very simple "do not ride your bicycles there"... find a different route while they are fixing 84...you put yourself in danger by riding your bicycles on a "one lane" road with now heavy traffic, commuters need this road to get from point a to b....think of the people who live in that town, don't be selfish.

I own a home in San Gregorio on Highway 84. Cal-Trans is the most self-interested and disdainful agency I have ever dealt with. I suspect that they received prior notice of concern about the portion of 84 that just slid, and ignored it---just as they have ignored a slope bank failure on my property on 84 (a slope bank constructed by Cal-Trans). I (literally) wrote Bijan Sartipi several times about the problem, and then, after repeated attempts that did not even receive any reply, wrote several other officials in the agency. Not a single one replied in any fashion whatsoever. I finally asked our Senator Jerry Hill to intercede. It took Cal-Trans two weeks to reply to the Senator (still without any information to me) to tell him that repair of the failure was not considered a high priority. When bureaucracies become self important and unreachable, they need a new management and ethic. The slope failure has still not been repaired after a year.

Thanks to the Almanac for excellent reporting on the current problem, plus the problem that is likely to go next on 84 across from Friar's Lane. this spot could collapse any time, and do great harm. I only hope this reporting gets Caltrans to fix this problem on a timely basis.

I have lived on skyline Boulevard south of 84 for 25 years, also serving as a first responder to numerous injury and fatal accidents over that time. I have also been a sports car enthusiast and competitive cyclist for longer than that and like many, know that Old La Honda is the local "test piece" for comparing climbing skills. like many, we choose it over the other roads to get to skyline Boulevard because of the normally light traffic. However, I won't drive up it on a weekend during daylight hours because of all the cyclists who are working so hard to get up it. What makes matters worse or all of the tourists who are driving by GPS and end up on old La Honda Road clueless to the fact that it has two way traffic. Even with one-way traffic controls, Highway 84 is probably still quicker than trying to navigate Old Honda Road.