Road Damage Reporting

• Santa Cruz County - Department of Public Works

  • For urgent storm related debris affecting County-maintained roadways

  • Fallen tree, rock slide, landslide

  • 24-hr Road Operations Dispatch: 831-477-3999

• If the situation involves imminent danger to life or property (e.g. major flooding, collapsing roadway) please call 911

• Non-Emergency issues with State Highways & Bridges

  • Caltrans District 5 for Central Coast, General info https://dot.ca.gov/

  • Online Customer Service Request Form   https://csr.dot.ca.gov

    • Trees/Brush

    • Roadways

    • Traffic Signals

    • Broken/Missing Signs

Other Resources

• Learn more about the app Watch Duty, and the people behind this app, how they track wildfires through several sources to bring relevant, actionable, and vetted information, delivered to your device or computer. By the Butte Sheriff YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=SXgXXK4D69c

• "My Santa Cruz County" App -- on App Store and Google Play

  • Report potholes for repairs -- Submit a photo and the address

  • Many other features for County services

• Sandbag Technique video [Source: Santa Clara Valley Water District]

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcZ9sbydhc  

• What's the status of roads and highways in Santa Cruz County?  cruz511.org

Resource Conservation District

• Resource Library with links for natural disasters (storm damage)

• Slow It, Spread It, Sink It informational brochure (pdf) about property drainage

• Chipping Programs for tree debris, and defensible space clearing

• Email-based communication/support group for private roads (on groups.io); cross-posted to SLV Private Roads

Additional Organizations

• Bonny Doon Neighborhood Communications page for organized radio communication (MURS)

• Coongie (Boulder Creek) for disaster relief and recovery

Santa Cruz County OR3

• Private Road Storm Damage assistance flyer (pdf)

• FEMA fact-sheet about assistance for privately owned roads and bridges

• Santa Cruz County's Long Term Recovery Group

FEMA Disaster Declarations

• DR-4699-CA for storms starting Feb 21, 2023

• DR-4683-CA for storms Dec 27,2022 - Jan 31, 2023

Facebook

• SLV Roads group for up-to-date road closures, great for commuters

• SLV Private Roads group for informational resources and support for maintenance/repair of private roads

• Santa Cruz Relief - Disaster Assistance and Recovery to share resources/updates/recommendations to help with the recovery process