Please be aware on county roads today. On Wednesday, Middlesex County Warden Cathy Burghardt-Jesson convened a meeting of the County’s Emergency Operations Control Group declaring a state of local Emergency in accordance with the Emergency Management and Civil Protection
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c E.9 s.4.(1) due to heavy amounts of rain and more expected overnight in the western part of Middlesex County.
Some regions in the County have experienced upwards of 100 mm of rain in the past 24 hours. Many roads in the County are underwater and are in danger of washouts. Middlesex County closed a number of County roads and are closely monitoring others.
CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES:
– Pike Road from Mullifarry Drive to Napperton Road (Adelaide Metcalfe)
– Napperton Road from Kerwood Road to Pike Road (Adelaide Metcalfe)
– Elginfield Road from Centre Road to Cassidy Road (North Middlesex)
– Petty Street from Centre Road to Narin Road (North Middlesex)
WATCHING:
– Cassidy Road from Elginfield Road to McGillivray Drive (North Middlesex)
– Mullifarry Drive from Centre Road to Pike Road (Adelaide Metcalfe)
– Thames Road from Calvert Drive to Glendon Drive (Southwest Middlesex)
Please do not drive your vehicle through water or in areas where the road is not visible. Washouts are possible and driving through water is extremely dangerous. Objects may be hidden underwater and the road may be weakened or even washed away.