SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Alter Terra, a binational environmental group, is sounding the alarm about the need to dredge the Tijuana River channel just inside U.S. territory to avoid massive flooding near and around the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
The group says the floor of the channel has risen by 10 feet over the years, meaning it will take less water for the river to crest over its levees.
“As the river turns it deposits a lot of sediment on this side,” said Oscar Romo, director of Alter Terra in San Diego…