Transportation

Roads closed due to flooding / Update 10:30 a.m. Thursday (06/01/19)

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Jan. 19, 2006

FREDERICTON (CNB) - The Department of Transportation advises the travelling public that several roads are now closed or have water over them due to last weekend's heavy rainfall.

The department is making every effort to sign or barricade roads where there is risk to motorists. However, water levels can change quickly, and drivers should use appropriate caution whenever they encounter water over the road.

The department advises drivers in low-lying areas of the province to be on the alert for water over roads in areas not included on the following list.

The following roads are closed:

District 1 (Bathurst)

• Wyers Brook, from Route 17 to end of road
• Church Road
• East Canobie Road, from Route 11 to Knowles Brothers Road

District 2 (Miramichi)

• Bay du Vin River Road, from peat moss plant to Auburville Road
• Priceville Road
• Weldfield-Collette Road, gravel portion
• Mullin Stream Road
• Route 420 (Plains Road), from intersection of Route 108 to Silikers chipseal section

District 3 (Moncton)

• Davis Road, from Route 15 to Route 955
• Route 490, from end of chipseal to Jailletville Road, dirt portion
• Desherbiers Road, from end of chipseal to intersection of Route 480
• Kent Lake Road to Route 126, dirt portion
• Route 116 Salmon River, Harcourt to Chipman
• Saint-Athanase Road
• Girouardville Road
• Lawson Road
• Pitre Road
• Bourque Road

District 5 (Fredericton)

• Route 630, from intersection of Route 4 to Canterbury Village Limits
• Route 107, from Nashwaak West Road to Route 8
• Post Road
• Peltoma Lake Road
• Roach Road
• Sunpoke Road, from intersection of Mersereau Lake Road to Morrow Road
• Foot Bridge Road
• Wiggins Mill Road, gravel portion
• MacDougall Road
• Ryan Road
• Kilmarnock Road
• Beaufort Road
• Pond Stream Road, from Route 690 North to Route 690 South

District 6 (Edmundston)

• Riley Brook South Road
• Deschenes Road

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tracey Burkhardt, director of communications, Transportation, 506-453-5634.

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