The night of July 22nd saw the biggest storm of the year (so far)! The eastside of town got the worst of the damage which included flooding (including blocked drains), downed trees and cacti, and power and water outages.
As always, the PV Public Works dream team were working to keep the roads clear and the Town safe from the time the first raindrops fell. A special shout out to Public Works team members Eric Shurtleff, Andy Farrell, and Steven Saraydar who went above and beyond to resolve issues so the Town would be up and running when the rest of us crawled out of bed.
The damage included multiple large trees down at various locations. Public Works worked through the night to make sure that all were moved off the streets. All streets are open and clear of obstructions as of this writing.
There is still much work to be done. Two big trees that in our median islands on Scottsdale Road (by Vista) where cut up and temporarily put on the NW Vista property right-of-way. They will be removed next week. There are also small branches, leaves and debris on the streets and sidewalks throughout the town. Cleaning and street sweeping will begin next week.
Here's a recap of the storm impacts:
At 9:00 pm, generator alarms were activated at the Police Department when an APS transformer was damaged from the storm. Power was shut down from the Police Department building, east towards Scottsdale Road including the traffic signal at Mockingbird and Lincoln. The Police backup generator worked as designed so they had power throughout the outage. The power outage lasted until 1:22 am.
An EPCOR main sub-station water pump was damaged from the storm, as well. The majority of the Town was without water until 2:22 AM.
Trees were down at the following locations;
Quail Run Rd off McDonald Dr – Three trees down
5303 San Juan – Two trees
Tatum Blvd at Little Tatum – One tree
5200 N Casa Blanca – One tree
7170 N 69th Pl – One tree
6700 Block of Bluebird Ln – One tree
Flooding:
Roadways began flooding at various locations around Town. Public Works put up 'road flooded' signs at the following locations;
Tatum Blvd at Valley Vista Ln
Doubletree Ranch Rd at:
Indian Bend Wash crossing
7100 E Doubletree
6729 E Doubletree
At approximately 12:47 pm PD instructed us to close Golf Dr from Northern Ave to Merion Way the Indian Bend Wash was flowing over Golf Drive.
On the right are some photos taken throughout the day.
