Tuesday January 11, 2022
KSBW —
The city of Santa Cruz is planning to start a multi-million dollar flood control project. It will address the area of the San Lorenzo River that flows into the main beach by the boardwalk.
The project will help relieve constant flooding in that area when it rains. The flooding can be dangerous for people visiting the main beach and a nuisance.
Kris Reyes, spokesperson for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk gave an example.
“In areas like our cave train ride.” Reyes said, “in extreme circumstances, we actually had to close to guests because flooding is significant enough where we cant operate it.”
A possible solution to the ongoing flooding is a $2.8M upgrade called the San Lorenzo River Lagoon Culvert.