Emergency Management Update - 7/4/17 9:30pm
Thetford Community:
The Emergency Operations Center closed this evening at 5pm after another busy day of road assessment, and damage assessment. Crews today had a focus on assessing driveways that would be inaccessible for emergency vehicles so we can adequately plan for possible emergencies.
The road work that was completed this morning focused on finishing up a few projects from yesterday to allow for safer travel on some of the gravel roads. It was reported by several community members that the barricades on Latham road were moved or driven around several times. It is for your safety that this closure is in place. Please DO NOT move cones, barricades or signs. This section of road will have crews working on it tomorrow, July 5th.
Posted below is an image of the current partial road closures. Again, please note that many other roads are down to one lane of traffic and it is critical to drive with extreme caution. Additional traffic control devices will be added tomorrow.
Please note that Treasure Island is still closed due to the damage and the need for water testing. This is again for your safety. We will be sure to notify our community once it is able to be opened again.
Per the Army Corps of Engineers project manager, please do not enter the Union Village Dam area through any of the gates or the trails. The area has been severely damaged, the roads are impassable and continuing to crumble, and there is still a large amount of water being held back creating a pond and over the roads in that area. This water is NOT safe as there is a tremendous amount of debris in the water including portable toilets. The gates are locked and access needs to be limited to the clean-up crews and Army Corps personnel only. Signs have been posted on all of the gates.
For those in North Thetford who continue to have water difficulties, additional bottled water has been placed at the North Thetford Post office. We are in communication with the leadership of each of the water coops and will continue to provide what is needed in the interim until your water is back online and potable. Please do reach out to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) between 9-4 tomorrow if you have water needs.
Finally, we continue to thank our community for your patience and support. This will be long recovery and we will continue to provide updates while these is this emergent need.
If you have questions, or need assistance, please contact [email protected]
Thank you
Emergency Management Director
Thetford Community:
The Emergency Operations Center closed this evening at 5pm after another busy day of road assessment, and damage assessment. Crews today had a focus on assessing driveways that would be inaccessible for emergency vehicles so we can adequately plan for possible emergencies.
The road work that was completed this morning focused on finishing up a few projects from yesterday to allow for safer travel on some of the gravel roads. It was reported by several community members that the barricades on Latham road were moved or driven around several times. It is for your safety that this closure is in place. Please DO NOT move cones, barricades or signs. This section of road will have crews working on it tomorrow, July 5th.
Posted below is an image of the current partial road closures. Again, please note that many other roads are down to one lane of traffic and it is critical to drive with extreme caution. Additional traffic control devices will be added tomorrow.
Please note that Treasure Island is still closed due to the damage and the need for water testing. This is again for your safety. We will be sure to notify our community once it is able to be opened again.
Per the Army Corps of Engineers project manager, please do not enter the Union Village Dam area through any of the gates or the trails. The area has been severely damaged, the roads are impassable and continuing to crumble, and there is still a large amount of water being held back creating a pond and over the roads in that area. This water is NOT safe as there is a tremendous amount of debris in the water including portable toilets. The gates are locked and access needs to be limited to the clean-up crews and Army Corps personnel only. Signs have been posted on all of the gates.
For those in North Thetford who continue to have water difficulties, additional bottled water has been placed at the North Thetford Post office. We are in communication with the leadership of each of the water coops and will continue to provide what is needed in the interim until your water is back online and potable. Please do reach out to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) between 9-4 tomorrow if you have water needs.
Finally, we continue to thank our community for your patience and support. This will be long recovery and we will continue to provide updates while these is this emergent need.
If you have questions, or need assistance, please contact [email protected]
Thank you
Emergency Management Director