Sewer system. It is still a very dangerous situation. The ground is saturated. We are continuing to fight water that is seeping through the system and coming in from our storm sewers. We also want to note that while we hope everyones firstfloor elevations are dry, we will still have many people with water in their basements. The city is urging people to stay out of the flood zone so crews can work, especially as the water goes down. Cedar rapids is trying to figure of sandbags throughout the city once theyre not needed anymore. And the city says its bus system wont run through friday. School is off for the rest of the week in the cedar rapids district. The district says its because of transportation issues and safety concerns. Classes will resume next monday. The calendar for this school year listed no school on monday. But now classes will be in session that day. Friday, two emergency shelters remain open in cedar rapids. Those include Saint Pauls United Methodist Church and cedar Hil
Collected in some neighbors. About 3 minutes. The flood and the evacuation has had a major impact on how people get around. Now the city is getting ready to reopen some bridges. Cbs 2 News Reporter is live to tell us when drivers can expect relief. Joe . Reporter yeah, guys. For days interstate 380 has been the only way in town across the cedar river but today crews have been working to get ready for traffic tomorrow. All the downtown bridges except for 16th avenue will reopen tomorrow at noon for residents and businesses to move back in. The edgewood bridge will remain closed because theres still water overt road and that needs to where inspected and likely need minor repairs. They will reopen to everyone saturday at 7 a. M. Snr open our roadings. We kind of do well with urban decay. We always figure out a way to repurpose and are reuse stuff. Just leave it in front of the window t. I kind of dig it. If volunteers help him out hell welcome them but if the sandbags have to stay, he can
Coverage along the river for you. Lets go to kevin. Reporter we are just north of the district on the nature trail. You can see it goes underneath this rail bridge around 9th avenue. It goes down about 34 feet. It is all solid water. You can get a good look at how nasty the water is. This is why you should not go in floodwaters. Look at all of these branches and twigs that were brought from upstream. The water is low right now compared to what it is supposed to get to. Right now it is 14 feet. This is the first while that will stop first wall that will stop the water. As you can imagine, at about 45 feet clear this wall. We will almost certainly see water coming up over this embankment in the next few hours and then it will start heading towards newbo. We will take one last look at this. This is the first piece of real flooding we have seen on the bike trail. It gives you an idea of how high this is just a few feet below where the railway is. This could potentially be very dangerous in
Them to come out with kids after work. Documents from the Natural Resource Commission Show the change as well as an agreement with local Law Enforcement agencies helped cut back on the number of arrests and citations. The changes happened at both mk bride and Pleasant Creek state recreation area. The documents also show the early closing time isnt very popular and relying on other Law Enforcement isnt a reliable practice. Some would have the earlier closing if it means a better experience overal have a few befrp every befrjs during the day. It would be we will worth the early closing time. The state is considering that alcohol ban instead of the early closing time that decision could still come yet this year. Covering the corridor from lake mk bride Mellaney Moore live at 5. A growing labor day tradition is shining a light on better biking in cedar rapids. Infrastructure to the test today, jerry. Reporter yeah, well, today bikers took off hundreds of bikers took off from ellis park and
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