{"id":6790,"date":"2012-10-29T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T00:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-seeks-publics-help-to-clear-storm-drains\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T04:55:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:55:32","slug":"kent-seeks-publics-help-to-clear-storm-drains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-seeks-publics-help-to-clear-storm-drains\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent seeks public&#8217;s help to clear storm drains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The city of Kent wants residents to help clear storm drains of leaves as forecasts this week of heavy rain and strong winds could pose drainage problems.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>&#8220;With the heavy rains we\u2019re anticipating, we&#8217;ve had crews out checking storm drains and clearing any debris,&#8221; said Kelly Peterson, Kent\u2019s environmental conservation supervisor. &#8220;Unfortunately, just a few leaves or other debris clogging a storm drain can cause localized flooding in places that it normally doesn\u2019t occur, so it&#8217;s really important to keep storm drains clear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Peterson said crews really appreciate the public\u2019s help to prevent flooding.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u201cWith more than 17,000 drains across the city, we\u2019re asking residents to grab their rakes and make sure the drains in front of their yards are unclogged,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Leaves can be placed in compost piles or your green yard waste bins.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Residents are asked to call Kent\u2019s <a title=\"flood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.kent.wa.us\/publicworks\/\" target=\"_self\">Public Works Department <\/a>at 253-856-5600 to report clogged drains and\/or localized flooding.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Kent wants residents to help clear storm drains of leaves as forecasts of heavy rain and strong winds could pose drainage problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":6791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}