This Week on the Central Coast
This week, the Pajaro River Levee began to get updated, Laguna Seca announced cheaper tickets, and the fire pits returned to Carmel Beach.
This week, fire pits returned to Carmel Beach. They are available from 4pm-10pm and the city asks that people only use dry wood for fires and to extinguish with water, not sand.
The Pajaro River Levee secures funding to begin update
On Monday, local officials secured funding to begin the process of updating the Pajaro River Levee. The project is long overdue as the levee was built in the ‘40s and was almost immediately ineffective when floods happened in the ‘50s. With climate change accelerating, the project has gained even more importance. The cost of design and construction of a new levee will be shared by local agencies with 65% being funded by the government. The project will be completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Currently, only the design phase has been approved, but once that is finished construction will begin.
Laguna seca lowers ticket prices
Tickets for upcoming Laguna Seca events going to be much lower this year. The first two events this year will be the GEICO Motorcycle MotoAmerica Superbike Speedfest and the AHRMA Classic MotoFest. Ticket prices for the superbike event will be $70 for a three-day pass and both events are selling one-day passes for $20.
The President of Laguna Seca noted the tough financial year people have had during the pandemic: “As we emerge from the pandemic, and an extremely trying time financially for all Americans over the past year, it is important for us to make the one-of-a-kind experience of an event at our historic venue more affordable”.
Ticket information can be found here.
