While the boulder that has closed Highway 243 between Pine Cove and Idyllwild since Sunday night maintains its position, Caltrans is making progress today.
With a new drill for its hydraulic breaker, Caltrans is chipping away at the boulder and there is hope it can be moved late today — but no official announcement yet.
This is a close game, but Caltrans' experience should overtake its younger and muscular opponent. Besides breaking the drill, the boulder significantly damaged a front-end loader when Caltrans tried to move it.
