SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Just because it’s hot doesn’t mean the work stops, especially for this City of San Diego pothole repair crew on Balboa Avenue in Clairemont.
“We try to get out of the yard at a certain time, try to get to our jobs and we know what the hot areas are too. So I try to go to the hot areas first so I can get it out the way in the morning,” Robert Jordan, a patch truck operator, said.
Jordan’s three years on the truck is coming in clutch in this heat wave.
“I always tell my crew I bought water for you guys. You know, we got big jugs that the City of San Diego gives us. And just stay hydrated,” Jordan said.
The City’s Deputy Director of the Street Division, Patrick Hadley, told ABC 10News that safety is the message the City sends to its crews.
“It’s stay hydrated, stay cool, and take those breaks when you need them,” Hadley said.
And the heat on the asphalt and coming off of it is no joke, either.
“Depends on certain areas too. It can be even hotter when you go to San Carlos, where we work out, too,” Jordan said.