Palos Verdes considers charging toll on famed coastal highway to pay soaring landslide costs
Motorists love it for its rugged cliffs and stunning coastal vistas, but this Southern California highway is also a critical evacuation route for thousands of Palos Verdes Peninsula residents — not to mention a key artery for commuters and emergency vehicles.
Yet maintaining scenic Palos Verdes Drive South has become an increasingly costly, and practically constant, endeavor as the forces behind a relentless landslide continue to crack, shift and warp the two-lane roadway.
Now, Rancho Palos Verdes officials are contemplating a highly controversial move to help offset the tortured thoroughfare’s upkeep: turning Palos Verdes Drive South into a toll road.
Every day, an estimated 15,000 vehicles travel the road, with many motorists commuting to work or school or simply accessing their homes, according to the city. The roadway spans almost all of the city’s coveted coastline and provides the only access to Trump National Golf Club and the Terranea Resort.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-21/palos-verdes-considers-toll-road
It's almost like driving on a roller coaster along this stretch of road, and it will continue to be so as it crosses the Portuguese Bend landslide section of Palos Verdes.