Infrastructure Archives

Accusations Abound as Electric Streetcar Demo Rolls Out

November 1, 2021November 12, 2021 slvpost.com4 Comments

By Jayme Ackemann A private excursion train operator is hosting a demonstration project for one vision of rail service using a “ZEMU,” or zero-emission multiple unit, that could operate on tracks between Watsonville and Santa Cruz. The Coast Futura, operated by TIG/m, offered tickets for two weekends in October to show Santa Cruz County residents what an electric streetcar might… Read More

Power Outages: PG&E Responds

September 24, 2021October 9, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Staff Report Thanks to citizen outrage and outreach to PG&E over frequent and increasing power outages in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the public utility held an online community meeting on September 24. Residents and recent outage maps reported dozens of service interruptions lasting from 45 minutes to 9 hours or more. The problem arose after PG&E installed their new tripwire… Read More

Infrastructure Letters

Letter: SLV Residents Struggle through 5 PGE Outages this Past Week

September 13, 2021September 25, 2021 slvpost.com2 Comments

Dear Supervisor Bruce McPherson, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Assemblymember Mark Stone Stone, Senator John Laird, I’m sure you are well aware that we are on our fourth consecutive day of power loss. There have been five outages in the past week. Residents are weary of struggling to find ways to get work done; parents are tired of sitting in their cars… Read More

Infrastructure Local News Water

Active Slide Hampers Access to SLVWD Lyon Surface Water Treatment Plant

March 19, 2017October 22, 2026 Julie Hornerslv water, water, water district

By Julie Horner It started about three weeks ago as a 6-inch crack. An employee noticed and said, “There’s a crack forming over there…better put some cold-patch on it.” The Lyon Surface Water Treatment Plant and its 3-million gallon welded steel holding tank, located at the top of a narrow, gated SLVWD access road about a mile from downtown Boulder… Read More