Whitney Portal Road Update: Hat Creek Construction continues with good progress on the project. Currently, they are working on the aqueduct bridge. Please use caution as the bridge is reduced to a single lane while it is under construction. They plan to take advantage of the winter closure for the upper portion of the road to accomplish some hazardous work. Starting the week of April 4, they will complete the rock scaling. Scaling is where they pull down potentially unstable rocks from a slope in a controlled environment. It is a relatively dangerous operation and therefore they will have a flagger at the road closure to prevent vehicles (bicycles, pedestrians, anyone) from entering that section of road. Completing this operation while the road is still closed will reduce the need for the extended 3 hour closures later in the project.
