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Homeowners Stuck With Costly Repairs From Flooded Castro Valley Creek
Meanwhile, a temporary repair of A Street will have to do until next year.
Public works department started major repairs on A Street in Castro Valley Wednesday where a huge slide along San Lorenzo Creek washed away part of the roadway during the New Years Eve storms.
Short term repairs will take about a month to complete with long term repairs estimated to take a few years at a cost of $6.5 million. Homeowners on the other side of the creek say answers about their properties are much harder to come by.
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"We had some trees here so privacy was pretty cool," said Zaw Shein. He's lived along San Lorenzo Creek for the past two years with his wife and 4-year-old son. He lost half his backyard and a downstairs room during the storms on New Year's Eve. "The water came over from the creek probably about three to four feet," he said as he pointed toward what was left of his deck.
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