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County Looking to Hire Local Truck Drivers for Devil’s Gate Project

Published on Thursday, May 21, 2020 | 8:59 am
 

LA County is looking to hire local workers for its “Big Dig” project in the Hahamongna.

The Devil’s Gate Reservoir Restoration Project is a four-year effort to increase flood protection for communities downstream from Devil’s Gate Dam and restore habitat within a popular section of the Arroyo Seco Watershed.

The plan is to remove up to 1.7 million cubic yards of sediment from the reservoir that’s immediately behind the nearly 100-year-old dam.

“Los Angeles County Public Works is looking to hire truck operators this spring from Altadena, Pasadena and neighboring communities to work on the Devil’s Gate Reservoir Restoration Project,” according to a county email.

County officials have implemented a hiring policy requiring 30 percent of the hours performed on this project must be local and targeted workers.

Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Solis Group

131 N. El Molino Ave., (626) 685-6989.

The controversial project could lead to hundreds of truck trips in and out of the Arroyo Seco daily. Known as the Big Dig, it’s come under fire from residents of Pasadena and nearby La Cañada Flintridge. It has also been criticized by the Arroyo Seco Foundation and Pasadena Audubon Society, both of which filed a lawsuit to stop it.

Devil’s Gate is the oldest dam constructed by the LA County Flood Control District, providing flood protection for the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena and Los Angeles.

In addition to providing flood relief to communities that have endured nearly a decade of elevated flood risk along the Arroyo Seco, the project will also establish a permanent stormwater maintenance area that allows for the creation of 70 acres of enhanced habitat for wildlife and recreational opportunities.

A large amount of sediment has not been removed from Devil’s Gate since 1994, when workers hauled out 160,000 cubic yards of soil and debris. An additional one million cubic yards of soil and debris were dumped into the basin by the Station Fire in 2009, which burned more than 160,000 acres in Altadena, Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge and Acton.

Lawyers for the county and local preservationists opposing the size of a Devil’s Gate Dam sediment removal project will return to court for a hearing on June 25.

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