STATUS: Residents and workers have had their first chance to question the measure in public. The current rule remains in force at the west switchback above the mule rest.
RECORD: The road crew’s stonefall notices and the mule train delay book. This file counts 9 switchback closures lasting longer than one bell; the prior count was 5.
DISPUTE: Carriers call short closures manageable; masons say repeated traffic shakes loose stone from the same seam.
WHY IT MATTERS: The decision concerns whether to reopen the route between inspections or hold all freight until the retaining wall is rebuilt. The current count does not settle how the rule should allocate the cost.
NEXT: The route marshal will time a loaded test after the drain has been cleared. The clerk has marked the file WEST-SWITCHBACK-20 for the next public review.
