EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Neighbors who live near the base of Scenic Drive and Louisville Avenue say rocks and debris repeatedly wash down from the mountain during rain, at times blocking parts of the roadway.
Residents say crews have cleared the debris in the past, but they are asking the City of El Paso for a long-term solution before the next storm.
Renee Franco, who lives in the area, said the problem happens frequently when rain falls.
“It’s all the wash-off coming down from the mountains,” Franco said.
Video provided to KFOX14 by Instagram page, FitFam shows rocks blocking part of the street near the base of Scenic Drive.
Neighbors say the debris can create a hazard for drivers, especially at night.
They also say Sun Metro buses travel through the area.
“It gets dangerous for cars driving around there at night,” Franco said. “It gets dark, and you just wouldn’t want an accident.”
Residents say crews remove the rocks from the roadway, but they believe debris is sometimes pushed to the edge of the mountain.
They say the material can then wash back into the street when it rains again.
Scenic Drive recurring rockfall (Credit: KFOX14/CBS4)
“They come, clean it up, put it up to the side, so the next rain comes around and brings it back out,” Franco said. “It’s like a cycle.”
Franco said she would like to see the debris removed instead of left along the edge.
“It would be ideal for them to take the debris instead of putting it back at the edge,” she said. “It doesn’t take much rain to push all that debris down here.”
Another neighbor, Jose Barraza, said clearing the road provides only temporary relief and believes the source of the rockfall needs to be addressed.
“Cleaning it up is not going to solve the problem,” Barraza said. “It’s going to be every time it rains.”
KFOX14 reached out to the City of El Paso to ask whether it has received reports about the rockfall, how crews are responding, and whether a long-term fix is planned.
We’ll update the story when we hear back this week from the City of El Paso.
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