The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-04-06, Page 66 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Heavy rains, snowmelt causes Lucknow road closures
Darryl Coote
Driving conditions were
no joke on April 1 as sev-
eral roads in Huron -Kin-
loss were submerged in
water following a week of
heavy rainfall and
snowmelt.
The increase in water
caused sections of Button
Street, Sideroad 20,
Sideroad 30, Lockhart
Street and Walker's Line to
be closed due to flooding
on April Fool's Day.
The closures follow a
week when the Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority had to twice
issue a Flood Watch for
the Nine Mile River area
after having received over
55mm or rain in a short
span of time.
"Soil conditions are
fully saturated and river
levels were already ele-
vated from rainfall that
occurred earlier this week.
As a result, the Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority is issuing a
Flood Watch for Luc -
know," the warning mes-
sage read.
The Township of Huron -Kinloss