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"We may be in the middle of a drought now, but three years ago, there was rainfall that caused millions of dollars in damages to Santa Cruz County roads that was never been repaired.Luckily, the county now has enough money, road project plans have gone through environmental review and design approval, and construction is ready to start.One community in the Santa Cruz mountains is especially happy they won't have to drive through a maze to get in and out of their neighborhood.In March of 2011, a pounding storm caused a massive rock slide that cut off road access to homes along Nelson Road in Scotts Valley.Storms that year caused $18 million in damage, and state and federal emergency agencies denied emergency aid. After three years of cutting through red tape and finding funding, construction work is scheduled to start this August.Construction will include removing all of the debris and building a 6-foot-tall retaining wall to keep rocks and trees from sliding down again.\"It's going to hold back a mass amount of fill material,\" Public Works Director John Presleigh said. \"We've been trying to figure out how to fund these projects partly we'll have some gas tax revenue some of it will be funded by the insurance that we have for these.\"Chris Kaufeltt was the last person to drive through Nelson Road before the hillside collapsed.\"It was a little bit of a scare, but I\"m glad no one got hurt. We did the best we could to come together as a community,\" Kaufeltt said.Nelson Road work is expected to be completed in about three months.It's one of eight road projects targeted by the public works department this year here's the list: Nelson Road, Glen Canyon Rd, Vienna Drive At Mesa Drive, North Rodeo Gulch, Highland Way, (Highland Way is shown twice because of damage at both ends of it)...and construction bids will be come in Friday for repairs on Branciforte Road. Total cost: $4 million.It's been a real test of patience for people living in the Santa Cruz mountains but they understand it comes with the territory.\"It comes with a price but it's worth it. It's beautiful out here. It's worth the challenges once in a while,\" said Kristen Stinson who lives in the Nelson Road neighborhood.VIDEO: Watch the March 2011 Nelson Road landslideNelson Road landslidePast KSBW Coverage: 2011 Nelson Road landsliderock slide"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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