Emcon Services operations manager Bill Pattyson, the road maintenance contractor for the City of Quesnel, said the West Fraser Road at Quesnel91裸聊视频檚 Deep Creek will remain closed indefinitely after flooding destroyed roughly 150 metres of roadway.
91裸聊视频淚n this instance the ministry has undertaken the work themselves [to repair the road],91裸聊视频 Pattyson said. 91裸聊视频淲hat we do is we follow the ministry91裸聊视频檚 direction when a big washout like this happens. They tell us the scope of work and what they want us to do and then we will mobilize equipment and start to repair it.91裸聊视频
Emcon Services, he said, is working in roughly a dozen other places where roads are completely washed out and bridges have been damaged.
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91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e currently mobilizing equipment from as far away as Fort Nelson into the area 91裸聊视频 excavators, trucks 91裸聊视频 and if it drags on we will start mobilizing other large machines from Merritt, where our headquarters is,91裸聊视频 he said.
Flooding in Quesnel91裸聊视频檚 Deep Creek area, located 15 kilometres south of the city, is extensive, he said.
91裸聊视频淐urrently about 150 metres of road is totally missing. It91裸聊视频檚 just gone,91裸聊视频 he said. 91裸聊视频淎 kilometre south of that we have another section, about 50 metres is failing as we speak, and on the Deep Creek hill itself we have a 400-metre section that is sliding into the river.91裸聊视频
In the CRD, the Nazko area has been hit the worst with 120 properties currently under evacuation order.
Those in need of information, help or sandbags are urged to call the emergency operations centre91裸聊视频檚 public information line at 1-866-759-4977.