Baltimore To Provide Sand Bags For Ida Prep, Urges Residents To Park In Garages

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In mentation for the remnants of Tropical Depression Ida, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation and the Parking Authority of Baltimore City announced Tuesday that sandbags and parking volition beryllium disposable for Baltimore City residents successful mentation for dense rains expected connected Wednesday.

With the menace of imaginable tidal flooding successful debased lying areas owed to dense rains expected from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, the section volition person constricted quantities of sandbags disposable for metropolis residents connected Wednesday from astir 7 to 11 a.m. astatine the pursuing locations:

The intersection of Thames and Broadway successful Fells Point
Still Meadow Church, 5110 Frederick Ave.
2601 Spellman Road, Cherry Hill

Sandbags volition beryllium disposable to metropolis residents connected a first-come, first-served basis. Residents indispensable amusement impervious of residency and volition beryllium constricted to 10 sandbags each. Residents indispensable capable and transport their sandbags. Sand, bags, container ties and shovels volition beryllium supplied.

Baltimore residents successful low-lying areas should hole for imaginable flooding and determination their vehicles to higher ground, particularly successful the Harbor East, Fells Point, and Canton neighborhoods. Residents are powerfully advised not to locomotion oregon thrust done flooded areas. Motorists who brushwood flooded roadways should crook around, usage alternate routes and debar moving/bypassing immoderate barricades that person been placed by exigency officials for safety.

Fells Point residents who person their vehicles parked successful areas prone to flooding are powerfully encouraged to relocate their cars arsenic soon arsenic possible. The Eden Street Garage, 501 S. Eden St., and the Caroline Street Garage, 805 S. Caroline St. until 9 a.m. Thursday truthful that residents tin parkland their cars successful the store astatine nary complaint to debar imaginable flooding successful the area. Space is constricted and disposable connected a first-come, first-served basis. Vehicles indispensable beryllium moved retired of the store by 9 a.m. Thursday to debar immoderate fees.

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Residents should enactment tuned to section media channels for updated upwind information. Citizens are besides encouraged to travel the Department of Transportation connected Twitter and Facebook astatine Baltimore City Department of Transportation.