![]() “After speaking with our Valley fire chiefs this morning, the biggest message we can get out there collectively is to respect the road closures, as challenging as they may be, for everyone’s safety.” “Caltrans and PG&E assured my office this morning that their crews are working in tandem to clear the enormous amount of downed wires and trees throughout the San Lorenzo Valley in an effort to restore power and reopen roadways following the cyclone-like wind and rain that pelted the County on Tuesday,” he said. The power company was advising customers that urban and suburban areas tend to have their lights back on faster due to more power-routing options.įifth District Supervisor Bruce McPherson told constituents in an email blast Wednesday that electricity and roads officials had told him they were working as hard as they could to clean up the mess left by Mother Nature. “In the Santa Cruz Mountain areas, trees across roadways are currently being cleared to allow PG&E access to damaged locations.” ![]() ![]() “Based on completed assessments so far, it is projected that approximately 85% of the original customers impacted will be energized by the end of today, March 22,” a spokesperson said. In addition, “the nine” remained closed from 3 miles north of the junction of SR 35 at Redwood Gulch Road to a little less than a mile south of Saratoga at Saratoga Springs due to mudslides.īy 3pm Wednesday, PG&E said 16,105 customers were still without service, but 14,015 customers’ power had been restored. It was closed from Scenic Drive to Woodland Drive in Ben Lomond because of one such fallen tree, from Bear Creek Road in Boulder Creek to the junction with SR 236 (due to fallen trees), as well as from 7.6 miles north of Santa Cruz at Lower Glen Arbor Road to 8 miles north of Santa Cruz at Arboleda Way due to landslides. customers across the county were out of power on Wednesday as Department of Transportation (Caltrans) crews worked to clean up the mess of wires rendered like spaghetti by downed trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains.Ī number of problems also plagued Highway 9. ![]() About 17,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. ![]()
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