Valley Water is nearing completion on the first phase of a massive floodwall project to protect residents and homes for future flood events.
It is hard to forget the scenes in San Jose in February 2017 when heavy flooding along Coyote Creek forced the evacuations of about 14,000 people. By the end of this year, Valley Water, the main water wholesaler for Santa Clara County , will have completed the first phase of a massive floodwall project to prevent such events from happening again. The Coyote Creek floods were a nearly unimaginable sight of firefighters evacuating residents in boats and rafts from the creek.
The second phase, which will begin construction in the summer of 2025, is even bigger and will have 10,400 feet of floodwall. The entire project is being completed in order to support a new and larger outlet tunnel upstream at Anderson Reservoir which will allow water flow control during heavy rains. "Well, we certainly hope it helps and it is long overdue I think," said Ted Smith, a resident of the area and whose son was flooded out in 2017.
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