The very feature for which Sacramento gets its nickname has kept crews from the City of Trees busy the past few days. Since Sunday, the city’s public works department has responded to over 200 tree-related calls – so many calls that public works is getting help from the utilities department dealing with all the downed branches, topped trees and blocked byways.”It’s been like a whole city-wide, different departments coming together to tackle all these issues across the city,” said spokesperson Gabby Miller.With more rain and strong winds in the forecast, those workers are anticipating they’ll stay busy for days to come.”We do have all those crews that are on standby that are working now that are still gonna be on standby through this next week,” Miller explained .| RELATED | PG&E, SMUD brace for more power outages with Wednesday’s storm. How to track outages, stay safeWorkers are focused on triaging tree-parts clearing — hitting first the spots where safety and street access are compromised.”Our current priority right now is to respond to calls as they relate to public safety and traffic concerns, ” said Miller.The city also tries to stay ahead of possible trouble spots.| RELATED | Many Northern California parks closing due to tree hazards from weekend storms”We do a lot of proactive tree trimming,” Miller said. “But with the level of this storm, obviously, we’re seeing a lot more downed trees than we expected.”The damage was widespread and there’s no estimated time of when all those calls will be attended to.”As we are still dealing with that backlog of calls from this past weekend, and as we move into the next week… we do ask for people’s patience,” Miller said. It’s an ask the city is making with the number of calls to its 3-1-1 service — only expected to climb.”Our crews are working all hours, all hands are on deck,” Miller said. “We’re going to get to everything as quickly as possible.”What to do if you see traffic lights that aren’t working or downed trees in Sacramento blocking a street or sidewalkThe city is asking people to call 311 if they see street flooding , traffic lights that aren’t working, or downed trees.Even if a tree falls from private property, if it’s blocking a street or sidewalk, city crews will come clear it.Private trees on people’s property are the homeowners’ responsibility, according to the city.| VIDEO BELOW | Sacramento storm clean up continues with massive trees topped, blocking roadways
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The very feature for which Sacramento gets its nickname has kept crews from the City of Trees busy the past few days.
Since Sunday, the city’s public works department has responded to over 200 tree-related calls – so many calls that public works is getting help from the utilities department dealing with all the downed branches, topped trees and blocked byways.
“It’s been like a whole city-wide, different departments coming together to tackle all these issues across the city,” said spokesperson Gabby Miller.
With more rain and strong winds in the forecast, those workers are anticipating they’ll stay busy for days to come.
“We do have all those crews that are on standby that are working now that are still gonna be on standby through this next week,” Miller explained.
| RELATED | PG&E, SMUD brace for more power outages with Wednesday’s storm. How to track outages, stay safe
Workers are focused on triaging tree-parts clearing — hitting first the spots where safety and street access are compromised.
“Our current priority right now is to respond to calls as they relate to public safety and traffic concerns,” said Miller.
The city also tries to stay ahead of possible trouble spots.
| RELATED | Many Northern California parks closing due to tree hazards from weekend storms
“We do a lot of proactive tree trimming,” Miller said. “But with the level of this storm, obviously, we’re seeing a lot more downed trees than we expected.”
The damage was widespread and there’s no estimated time of when all those calls will be attended to.
“As we are still dealing with that backlog of calls from this past weekend, and as we move into the next week… we do ask for people’s patience,” Miller said.
It’s an ask the city is making with the number of calls to its 3-1-1 service — only expected to climb.
“Our crews are working all hours, all hands are on deck,” Miller said. “We’re going to get to everything as quickly as possible.”
What to do if you see traffic lights that aren’t working or downed trees in Sacramento blocking a street or sidewalk
The city is asking people to call 311 if they see street flooding, traffic lights that aren’t working, or downed trees.
Even if a tree falls from private property, if it’s blocking a street or sidewalk, city crews will come clear it.
Private trees on people’s property are the homeowners’ responsibility, according to the city.
| VIDEO BELOW | Sacramento storm clean up continues with massive trees topped, blocking roadways
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