About 90 to 100 mature trees above a major drinking water pipeline are coming down this month in Junipero Serra County Park and the other side of Crystal Springs Road in San Bruno. The trees have sprouted naturally over the years on top of the SFPUC’s San Andreas Pipeline #2, now 90 years old and urgently in need of replacement.
Since large trees and their roots can
damage a pipeline and prevent our crews from accessing it for future repair or
maintenance, we will not be planting replacement trees on that corridor.
Instead, we’ll hydroseed the disturbed areas and, where possible, replace
screening shrubs. New trees will be planted elsewhere in the park at the San Mateo County Parks
Department’s direction after the pipeline work is completed.
The work will be on weekdays only, 7:30
a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Traffic control for short periods will be in effect at times
along Crystal Springs Road. The park will be open throughout.
The pipeline replacement itself in this area is expected to follow in late spring or early summer, and be complete by late fall.
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