Flooding closes roads near post office in New Haven, New Haven CT
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, heavy flooding caused road closures near the post office on Canal Street and Long Wharf Drive in New Haven. Drivers were advised to reroute through alternate streets until the water level decreased.
Audio|Heard on: Windham CT Transportation Group Calls
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00:51
Transcript:
00:00
Um, (name withheld), I'm not sure if anyone informed you that the road inbound and outbound is closed.
00:08
Does it work?
00:10
Well, near the post office, it's all flooded.
00:12
Okay.
00:15
I guess you're going to have, um,
00:18
What is this?
00:19
Long Wharf Drive, you're going to have to go down Canal.
00:22
You're going to have to probably go down Canal.
00:25
On your inbound, go up Long Wharf Drive and turn there.
00:28
Then come down Water Street that way.
00:31
Yeah, I've already gone in and outbound on it, but you have to stay on the outbound side when you're coming inbound in order to go through there.
00:41
Okay, so if you go back, I'll tell the drivers to do that.
00:45
I'll pass that along so they know.
00:48
Hopefully the rain will stop, and it will go down soon.
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Location mentioned:
Canal St, New Haven, CT 06511
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