NW Valley Times

In an effort to protect the public during Tucson's summer thunderstorm season, the Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) has entered the next phase of "Operation Splash," as storms are in this week's weather forecast.

Last month, crews from DTM’s Streets Maintenance Division delivered barricades to hundreds of dip crossings throughout the city, and DTM staff is now on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through mid-September. As washes flood, crews will close roadways at dip crossings and washes using the more than 500 barricades that were delivered and placed on the side of the roadways near the crossings.

DTM is now also offering residents free sandbags at a self-service site in the east parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, 700 S. Randolph Way, at Reid Park. Residents should bring their own shovels. To accommodate as many residents as possible, there is a limit of 10 sandbags per vehicle.

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