SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Crews from the City of San Diego’s Stormwater Department began the cleanup of debris along Chollas Creek in Southcrest early Friday morning.
City crews started the effort on 38th Street and Beta Street, and then moved up along the northeast direction of the creek.
For the city, there’s no time to waste because another storm system is expected to arrive in San Diego next week.
Although this storm is not expected to be as intense as Monday’s storm, it could still make more of a mess for the people who live near Chollas Creek if the storm drains are not unclogged before then.
In a press conference Thursday, the city’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer Kris McFadden said, “What that entails is going in and starting in Beta Street, putting in heavy equipment and removing any and all vegetation that we can. Anything that got washed in the storm drain channel. And I was there, I’ve seen what’s washed into there; it’s everything.”
This emergency cleaning project is involves the deployment of 16 teams throughout Southcrest, Mountain View, and Encanto.