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Road beside Bruce Power Visitors' Centre closed due to flooding Friday morning By Liz Dadson |
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 Water rushes from the adjacent property into the ditch on the east side of the B-line (Bruce County Road 23), Friday morning    Water in the ditch on the west side of the B-line  Water in the field, just south of the Inverhuron road, east of the B-line | ||||
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The roadway in front of the Bruce Power Visitors' Centre (Bruce County Road 20) was closed Friday morning due to flooding. Warm temperatures over the past couple of days have melted the huge snowbanks on both sides of the road, causing rivers of water to rush down into the ditches. Bruce County Highways was on the scene by 7 a.m. because water was running up onto the roadway and creating secondary ditches on the shoulders of the road. The South Bruce OPP closed the section of road from the entrance to the Bruce Power plant (Bruce County Road 33), east to the B-line. The highways department brought in seven loads of fill to shore up the shoulders of the road, cleared back the snowbanks, cleaned up the roadway and it was open by lunch time. The section of County Road 20 just west of the B-line was completely covered in water early in the morning, and melted snow continued to wash across it while the highways crew worked to divert the water. Meanwhile, warmer weather caused water to run off the fields and into the ditches where it was running fairly high and fast. Cold weather was expected to blow back in on the weekend.
A Bruce County Highways worker tries to clear the snow away so the water will run off the road
Water gurgles into a catch basin on the east side of the B-line
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 Bruce County Road 20 is closed from the B-line to the Bruce Power plant entrance Friday morning  Heavy equipment is used to shore up the shoulder of the road and push the snowbanks back, allowing the water to run off the road Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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