The city of San Clemente, Calif., reported on April 27 the slope on the western side of its historic Casa Romantica facility
had dropped 20 feet with the slope’s instability threatening the rail line below. The city worked with its contractor, Alliance Diversified Enterprises, to complete emergency repairs. The emergency work included removing excess soil and reshaping the slope to reduce the chance of additional material sliding down on the rail line or up against the condominium building to the north.
The city explains the work was a temporary stabilization effort and more permanent work will be needed to secure the Casa Romantica building, as well as the entire slope in the future. The city worked closely with OCTA and Metrolink on coordination of the work.
All the partners, including OCTA, San Clemente, Metrolink and LOSSAN, are continuing to work together to coordinate any future work and will keep the public informed of any significant updates.
The Casa Romantica Slope Stabilization Project was the second slope movement event in San Clemente to impact train operations. In mid-April, OCTA completed stabilization work on a slope two miles north of the Casa Romantica slope slide. Train operations resumed through the north location following a six-month outage.
