Traffic Advisory, Road Warnings, Update

TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC WORKS-Traf. Advisory, Road Warnings, Update

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

The following roads in Cumberland County are closed due to flooding or washed-out bridges. This is not a comprehensive list. Motorists travelling through Cumberland County are advised to check with the local area office at 902-667-3861 for updates on road closures.

• Flooding on Trans-Canada Highway 104 at Springhill, Exit 5. RCMP are on-site.
• Route 302, Maccan to Little Forks Road, is closed due to flooding and a tractor trailer extraction.
• Chapman Settlement Road, flooding
• Rodney Road, flooding
• Goodwin Road, flooding
• Beecham Road, flooding
• Lower Maccan Road, flooding
• Route 242, flooding
• Route 366, from Linden area to Amherst, flooding
• Route 366, from Trunk 6 to MacLellans Brook, flooding
• Trunk 6, Truemanville area, flooding
• Trunk 2, Newville Lake area, flooding
• West Brook Road, flooding
• Roescoe Branch Road, flooding
• Route 301, flooded areas
• West Advocate Road, flooding
• Salt Springs Road, flooding
• Glenville Road, flooding
• Shulie Road, flooding at the bridge
• Flooding on Route 209 near the New Salem bridge area
• Wyvern Road, bridge at Sherman Brook is out.
• Route 204, west of Oxford in the West Leicester area, flooding

Local area office: 902-667-3861

KINGS COUNTY: Gaspereau River Road

The Gaspereau River Road, west of the Grand Pre Road, outside New Minas is closed due to flooding.

Local area office: 902-679-4308

DIGBY COUNTY

• Highway 217, Digby Neck at Seawall Hill, is flooded, covering an area of about 200 metres to a depth of 600 millimetres in places. The shoulders have been washed out. Staff are assessing the road to determine if there has been any undermining of the pavement.
• The Fort Point Road was closed. There has been some asphalt washed out. There are still sections of the road that are under water.
• The New Road in Weymouth is barricaded due to washed-out sections.
• A number of roads in the Weymouth area have eroded shoulders and will require repairs to the asphalt surface.
• Sections of the Gulliver's Cove Road are flooded.

Other roads in Digby County that have been affected by the heavy rains are:

• Trunk 1 (Smiths Cove)
• Bear River Back
• Sissiboo
• Bloomfield
• South Range Cross
• Bloomfield Cross

Local area office: 902-825-4827

HANTS COUNTY

• Trunk 1, St. Croix area, flooding.
• Windsor Back Road, flooding.
• Route 215, Brooklyn to Newport Corner, flooding.
• Trunk 14 (Chester Road), approaching Brooklyn, flooding.

Local area office: 902-798-2369