UPDATE: Rockslide on North Cascades Highway Cleaned Up

ROCKPORT, WA – Two rockslides that covered both lanes of the North Cascades Highway on June 11 are beginning to get cleaned up today, according to officials.

Check it out! Clearing of the landslide that covers the North Cascades Highway near Rockport started this morning. Work will take at least a month to stabilize this hillside to prevent future landslides. pic.twitter.com/hHXhQVyGLe

— WSDOT North Traffic (@wsdot_north) June 29, 2020

The two rockslides occurred around 8 p.m. the night of Wednesday, June 11, close to Shular Road in Rockport.

Washington Department of Transportation reported the cleanup started around noon on Monday via their Twitter account.

A photo of the scene showed heavy construction machinery clearing up the rocks and dirt.

WSDOT reported that it will take at least a month of work before the hillside will be stable again.

No one was injured in the rock slides.

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