{"id":373701,"date":"2026-07-15T06:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:35:06","slug":"bexar-county-flood-sensor-upgrades-moving-forward-as-more-rain-approaches-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373701\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County flood sensor upgrades moving forward as more rain approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As more rain moves into the San Antonio area, Bexar County is pointing drivers to <a href=\"https:\/\/bexarflood.org\/#!\/main\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BexarFlood.org<\/a> for the latest information on road closures and low water crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The website tracks conditions at flood-prone roads across the county, including whether crossings are closed or open. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the News 4 I-Team reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/foxsanantonio.com\/newsletter-daily\/i-team-new-look-at-repair-timeline-for-bexar-county-flood-sensors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">more than a dozen flood sensors<\/a> at low-water crossings across Bexar County were offline, meaning they were not able to provide updated data for drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) says progress is being made.<\/p>\n<p>SARA tells the I-Team that 35 low-water crossings were down last summer. This week, they say 26 low-water crossings have already been upgraded. <\/p>\n<p>About a dozen more still need to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>For people who live near those crossings, the repairs are noticeable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was broken, and it was like&#8230; some people getting stuck because the water crossing wasn\u2019t working right,\u201d Leon Valley resident Lydia Sanchez said. \u201cBut now that they fixed it, it\u2019s working good. The cops come, the paramedics come, the fire department comes, and they check it quite often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said the upgrades make her feel safer when heavy rain is in the forecast, though she still worries when water rises near her street.<\/p>\n<p>Bexar County and SARA are also working to upgrade low water crossings with more visible warning systems. Those improvements can include flashing lights when water covers the road, gates that come down to block drivers from crossing, cameras, and sensors that send data back to the county.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say some of the existing equipment had been vandalized, or there was insect damage, or communication failures between sensors and the network.<\/p>\n<p>Another complication: multiple agencies share responsibility for the crossings, which can slow repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many different players, and we\u2019re working toward a future where that\u2019s all consolidated,\u201d Erin Cavazos with SARA told us back in April.<\/p>\n<p>That consolidation, which is part of a broader, multi-million dollar flood mitigation plan, is expected to take about a year to implement fully.<\/p>\n<p>The larger round of upgrades, including gates, cameras, lighting and other improvements, is expected to begin in summer 2026 and continue through September 2027. Crews are also continuing to develop site plans for future installations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bexarflood.org\/#!\/main\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drivers can check current road closure information at BexarFlood.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As more rain moves into the San Antonio area, Bexar County is pointing drivers to BexarFlood.org for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-373701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}