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DPW: street flooding tied to debris and intense storms; department outlines seasonal cleaning and response plans
Summary
DPW told the committee street flooding is usually surface flooding caused when debris and litter block catch basins during intense downpours; crews respond with 24-hour on-call teams while the department plans seasonal sweeping and targeted hot-spot work.
Department of Public Works staff briefed the committee on the city’s flood response and stormwater operations, linking repeated surface flooding primarily to debris in curb lines and catch basins and to the intensity of rain events.
Commissioner Gerald Krusiak and Jason Sanders, sewer services manager, said the sewer system is generally operating as designed but that heavy short-duration rainfall and debris accumulation cause surface flooding at low points and major intersections. Sanders described…
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