BIG SUR – Caltrans is introducing remote-controlled equipment for use at Regent’s Slide, allowing operators to take more risk than they would with dozers and excavators that had people on board.

Caltrans has released video of the remote-controlled equipment that has been deployed at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The agency is using two remote-controlled bulldozers and one ...

MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KSBW) — Caltrans is now using remote-controlled equipment to help remove a huge landslide along the Big Sur coast, a first for any landslide along the scenic highway.