Red Phone received a call last week from a bicyclist who was
concerned about the amount of debris on Santa Teresa Boulevard
between Gilroy and Morgan Hill.
Red Phone: Red Phone received a call last week from a bicyclist who was concerned about the amount of debris on Santa Teresa Boulevard between Gilroy and Morgan Hill. While the city contractor cleans up to Sunrise Avenue each week, that doesn’t help with the unincorporated area of Santa Teresa Boulevard.
So Red Phone contacted the Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department, which has a branch in San Martin, to see what could be done.
The county doesn’t regularly send sweepers out on the roads such as the City of Gilroy does, but will send one out on certain occasions if there is a specific need for one, said Ron Jackson, the deputy director of road maintenance.
“We just don’t have the manpower to do regular cleanings, and our sweeper is really old so it is not used too much,” he said. “Usually it is used just for emergencies.”
Even so, Jackson said he would put a request in with the South County yard to send the sweeper out on Santa Teresa Boulevard to clean up the street.
So hopefully that will get rid of some of the debris off the road and will hopefully give your tires a little more life – at least for another week or so.
While crews do patrol the roads for problems, people are welcome to call the South County yard at 683-1240 if there are areas that require immediate attention, Jackson said.
Too many cars
“I was wondering how many people can ‘legally’ live in one house? Our neighbor has three or four of their grown children and significant others living with them. Each adult (we’ve counted about eight) has a car. We live on a cul-de-sac so parking is limited. It just seems to be a bit much with all those people and cars. They’ve already been cited for blocking the sidewalk and double parking the cars on the street.
Red Phone: Dear Boxed In, This practice is becoming more common as people are forced to join together to try to survive in these tough times. But sometimes it makes it hard for neighbors when they try to find a place to park.
The city doesn’t have any specific regulations about how many people can live in a house, but traffic rules still apply. After a similar Red Phone call, a reader recommended letting the landlord know. They may be unaware of any problems.
