Flood Works Continue

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Crews work at raising River Road by one to two metres.  Click on photo  to see  crews in action, and the loading of debris.

Prince George, B.C. -About half of the workers  who have been off the job since the  Nechako River  spilled its banks over a week ago are back at work  in the River Road area.

Meantime,  the bills for the installation of the gabion diking and hiring of contractorsand overtime has now hit  the $685 thousand dollar mark.  That money will be refunded once the city  of Prince George files all of its bills for flood  mitigation with the Provincial Government.

The crews are currenlty working on  removing debris from the River Road area, and  Utilities Manager Marco Fornari says city trucks and two different contractors  have supplied trucks to haul the material away.

Further east on River  Road crews continue work to raise the section of roadway.  The road is 1 - 2 metres lower in a section  near Foley Crescent.

Crews expect to complete the  clean up of  the River Road area by  the end of the week, but there is no telling when River Road might be reopened to general traffic.

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