SAN ANTONIO – The effects of the winds from Friday’s storm continue to linger throughout parts of San Antonio.
During a press briefing Sunday morning, Deputy City Manager Maria Villagomez said most of the calls that have inundated the 311 call center have had to do with power outages.
CPS Energy crews have been working to restore electricity to all of its customers and at the same time, they are working with city departments to get damaged traffic lights working again.
“As of [Sunday] morning, we have restored 79 traffic signals that were not operational,” Villagomez said.
At the time of the news conference, Villagomez said 45 traffic lights were on flashing red mode and 119 others were still listed as offline.
As of 6 p.m. Sunday, an official with San Antonio’s Public Works Department said 132 traffic signals have been restored with 74 others still needing some type of repair.
The PWD, along with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), maintain the traffic signals within the San Antonio city limits.
Following the storm, drivers have seen dead traffic signals and lights flashing red. Some are twisted, hanging by a thread or missing altogether.
The powerful winds that blew through knocked out power to some traffic lights or completely ripped them off the power line.
“If you’re approaching an intersection where traffic signal is not working, please use extra caution,” Interim San Antonio Police Chief Jesse Salame said.
Until damaged signal lights are repaired, Salame said drivers are need to treat intersections as a four-way stop.
To ensure safety at some intersections in the midst of the heavy flow of school and work traffic at the week begins, Salame said drivers can expect to see officers out and about.
“SAPD will continue to monitor those major intersections that are affected by those signal outages and we will assist with traffic control and high traffic areas as needed,” Salame said.
In addition, Salame is asking the public to call 311 — not 911 — to report fallen trees blocking streets and damaged power lines. The interim police chief said 911 dispatch has received a lot calls for these non-emergency issues.
City officials said all repairs to traffic signals should be complete within the next two to three days.
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