<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27479" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.redding.com/story/news/2017/02/22/highway-299-open-more-hours-motorists/98280754/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27599" class="">http://www.redding.com/story/news/2017/02/22/highway-299-open-more-hours-motorists/98280754/</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27608"><br></div><div><br></div><h1 itemprop="headline" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 32px; line-height: 34px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-left: 70px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27574">Highway 299 open more hours to motorists</h1><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27506">Caltrans officials announced Wednesday that Highway 299 will be open more hours daily through the rock slide west of Weaverville.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27507">The highway was closed after a rock slide in mid-December about 30 miles west of Weaverville. But in recent weeks it has been open a few times a day to let residents and trucks through on a one-lane road around the damage.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27508">Beginning Wednesday afternoon, Caltrans began letting motorists through the construction zone at the following times: 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.; 10:00 a.m.; noon; 2 p.m.; 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. with 1-hour delays.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27509">Caltrans said the openings are dependent on the weather. For more information, call 225-3452 or 225-3426.</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487863044409_27495"><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>