After a wildfire catastrophe, California's iconic Pacific Coast Highway is reopening ahead of Memorial Day weekend.

A stretch of Pacific Coast Highway closed after the Palisades Fire in January reopened Friday morning on the Los Angeles County coast. The 11-mile section of coast road had been largely off limits to everyone but residents,

Two lanes in each direction have opened, with a 25 mph speed limit between Temescal Canyon Road in Pacific Palisades and Carbon Beach Terrace in Malibu, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A report recently released by Beacon Economics and the Pepperdine School of Public Policy says that since the Palisades Fire, local shops have seen an average 70% decline in businesses. So have restaurants and bars, where, on the aggregate, sales are down about $7.6 million dollars a month.

Pacific Coast Highway, which had been largely off-limits to all but residents, first responders and cleanup crews since the Jan. 7 Palisades Fire, reopened to all traffic Friday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “all-hands-on-deck” initiative to fast-track the reopening of Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu’s lifeline is now set to reopen on Friday. Following extensive damage caused by the Palisades Fire and subsequent mudslides,