This is not the first and probably will not be the last time that Tijuana ends up in chaos after rains—whether storms, tropical storms, and sometimes even downpours—because, according to Mayor Montserrat Caballero, the city's storm and sewage infrastructure is overwhelmed and outdated, "not just today, but under every administration since 1976."
In a live broadcast on her social networks, the governor acknowledged that the chaos in the city was generated - after the storm of January 22 - largely by deficiencies in the storm and sewer infrastructure, which must be updated, but not at this time, since "as the city is with these works (complete replacement of pipes on the Playas highway, Elevated Viaeducto, the road access to the Otay II gate, a vehicular return in the Rosas Magallón, a road distributor in the Terán Terán and the Morelos road distributor) and the amount of traffic we have, if I open streets on my side, and then the state comes and opens streets on theirs, this would be real chaos that would not have a tangible goal."
Despite stating that the stormwater and sewage infrastructure will not be updated in the near future, Caballero Ramírez considered that this should be "the next major project."
“The sewage system belongs to the state, and the stormwater system belongs to me (the municipality), so we're going to plan with the state governor (Marina del Pilar Àvila Olmeda) when we'll be able to change that infrastructure and work together.
