The Houston Government unveiled its nearly $1 billion Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan last week, an initiative that will modernize roads in Pictou, making travel safer and more reliable. Work will involve the repaving of a number of asphalt roads as well a number of gravel road projects. Throughout 2023 and…
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Highway, public safety departments kept busy in wake of relentless rainfall >Turners Falls Fire Chief John Zellmann Jr. talks with Allen Phillips of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), in black, and members of the Montague Department of Public Works in front of 38 and 34 East Main St. in Millers Falls, which were both flooded by heavy rains overnight. Staff Photo/Paul Franz >Bob Obear, owner of the buildings in the background flooded by high water in Miller Falls, points to the washout that happened when water flowed over the railroad tracks and through his property. Staff Photo/Paul Franz >East Main Street in Millers Falls was being cleaned up Monday morning for the second time in 24 hours due to heavy rains. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Heavy weekend rainfall leads to flooding, road closures throughout Franklin County >The Green River Swimming and Recreation Area in Greenfield was closed Sunday due to flooding, as was Nash’s Mill Road. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/GREEN RIVER SWIMMING & RECREATION AREA FACEBOOK PAGE >Royalston Road at Mill Yard Road in Orange was one of several road closures in the town on Sunday, as heavy rainfall over the weekend created havoc for travel in many Franklin County communities. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/ORANGE FIRE RESCUE EMS FACEBOOK PAGE
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Published: 7/18/2021 9:19:36 PM
More heavy rainfall over the weekend created havoc throughout Franklin County, as area towns and cities were forced to combat another wet weekend in what has already been one of the rainiest Julys on record.