Politics & Government
Santa Cruz County Approves Emergency Declarations; Storm Damage Totals In The Millions
According to county officials, the storms have wrought upwards of $21 million in road damage and nearly $7 million in park damage.
January 11, 2023
Santa Cruz County supervisors approved two local emergency declarations Tuesday for the winter storms that have battered the county in December and January.
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According to county officials, the storms have wrought upwards of $21 million in road damage, nearly $7 million in park damage and upwards of $1.2 million to the San Lorenzo Valley Water District's water distribution infrastructure.
Those figures are also likely less than the total amount of damage, according to Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience Director Dave Reid, because they are only current through Jan. 7 and do not include damage estimates from individual cities.
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