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Council orders routine maintenance plan and legal review after canal bank failures
Summary
Council directed public works to prepare a stormwater‑funded maintenance plan to repair recurring canal embankment failures and asked legal to evaluate contractor recourse on phases 2–3 after multiple cells showed damage and warranty concerns.
Council members pressed staff this meeting for a concrete plan to address persistent deterioration along a long canal embankment that has been repaired in phases but continues to show holes, missing cells and washouts.
Public works director Omar Santos told the council that several cells in phases 1–3 show damage and that in many locations the cause includes private irrigation lines or discharges that have undermined the installation.…
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