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San Diego’s vision for preventing floods? More trees, floodable parks and ‘cloudburst roads’

Rather than rely on concrete and pipes, blue-green infrastructure uses natural landscapes to absorb, filter and manage stormwater.

Concrete flood control channels like this one on Federal Boulevard, seen on Jan. 24, 2025, could be replaced by earthen channels under a proposal for “blue-green” infrastructure in the Chollas Creek watershed. (Howard Lipin / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Concrete flood control channels like this one on Federal Boulevard, seen on Jan. 24, 2025, could be replaced by earthen channels under a proposal for “blue-green” infrastructure in the Chollas Creek watershed. (Howard Lipin / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Rather than rely on concrete and pipes, blue-green infrastructure uses natural landscapes to absorb, filter and manage stormwater.

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