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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12864

Christi, Texas-
Due to recent rains, four-wheel driving conditions on the Yarborough Pass road providing access to the bay side camping and public use area, have deteriorated. Vehicles are being incapacitated and resources adjacent to the road are being damaged.

In the interest of safety and resource preservation the National Park Service is closing Yarborough Pass temporarily until the road dries out. The road will be opened as soon as possible when conditions improve.
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jeff89 · Horse Mullet Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Posts: 183

challenge accepted

i kid, i kid. hopefully this will encourage them to grade the roads after it dries out back there.

Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3961

HardScience · Finger Mullet Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 24

We are working on funding, NEPA and engineering to rebuild the road and re-align the pass, to slow down how fast the sand fills it up. When the oil company built the road there was no plan for it to last. It has been around 50 years and the road base is nearly gone. Grading what is left of the top material doesn't fix the road base that has sunk into the mire during wet events. Every time it rains people get stuck, break vehicles and then provide us with vigorous input and suggestion for fixing the road. Getting to Rehab the paved roads in the park was an eight year process with road work finally starting this week. Wish I had better news.
Jim Lindsay
Chief of Science and Resource Management
Padre Island National Seashore.