Highway 101 in Menlo Park has reopened after it was shut down in both directions for PG&E crews replacing a power line damaged by a fallen tree near the highway.
The repairs were done on a line that crosses Highway 101 between Marsh and Willow roads, PG&E officials said. The work was estimated to be complete by 6 p.m., but the California Highway Patrol reported just before 5 p.m. all lanes reopened.
San Mateo County has had widespread outages during this week's cold and windy weather. Menlo Park city officials said Thursday that outages have affected nearly 1 in 3 people in the county.
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The city said it received 27 calls for trees down and 46 calls for broken tree limbs or other tree ussues between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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