Traffic is another potential storm. Eventually, cars could flee a completed Highway 56, head up to the mesa and connect with Carmel Mountain Road. To discourage auto assault, the mesa's roads will be narrow, about 28 feet. The hope is to calm traffic to the point it's comatose. Lowe Enterprises, which owns the Hotel del Coronado, may fill the big empty space by the golf course.
Negotiations are ongoing.
The other day, I asked resident Jackson if he regretted the way things are working out on the mesa. He smiled and said something only an old, wise person could think of to say. They can't take the 21 years away.