Portion of SRP canal in Phoenix to be drained starting Friday
Jan 4, 2023, 4:15 AM | Updated: 3:36 pm
(Salt River Project Photo)
(Salt River Project Photo)
PHOENIX — Portions of the SRP canals in Phoenix will be closed to the public as sections will be drained over the next month starting Friday.
The closure is scheduled to be finished Feb. 8, affecting pedestrians and bicyclists from 56th Street and Indian School Road to 48th Street, according to a press release.
Other areas where canal traffic will be affected include Beeline Highway to Indian Bend Siphon, just west of Hayden Road.
The draining will allow for maintenance, construction and to make repairs on portions of the canal damaged by monsoon storms, SRP said.
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Some northside irrigation SRP customers will not receive water from the canals during this time.
Crews will relocate the fish used to control aquatic vegetation, the white amur, to another portion of the canal.
They will also repair gates, work to remove silt and replace the concrete lining.
