Officials now say an overnight mudslide that closed Montlake Road will take at least three days to clean up.
An estimate this morning put the cleanup at 24 hours, but “due to huge rocks and debris, special equipment will have to be brought in to do the rock removal,” said Hamilton County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Janice Atkinson.
The road is on Mowbray Mountain, northeast of Soddy-Daisy near U.S. 27. It is closed in the 800 block between Terrace Falls and the Pocket Wilderness for cleanup, according to a Hamilton County sheriff’s news release.
Sheriff’s deputies are on the scene, working two accidents related to the mudslide. No injuries have been reported.
The sheriff’s office has advised drivers to avoid the area during the cleanup.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.