Road closures due to flooding as rain and snow melt continue

Towns and cities near the Grand River watershed are still under a flood warning ascontinuing snow melt and significant rain fall has caused river levels to rise.

In a statement, the Grand River Conservation Authority said the watershedhas received20 to30 millimetres of rain over the last 24 hours and anticipate anadditional 20 to 25 mmof rainover thenext day.

Arainfall warning is in effectfor Waterloo Region and Wellington County, according to Environment Canada.

50 to 75 mm of rain is expected to fall throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday, causing several roads to close in surrounding townships.

• GRCA upgrades to flood warning for all of Grand River watershed
• As Port Bruce flood waters rise, evacuations may be coming

RodLeeson, fire chief of theWilmotFire Department toldCBCNews they are not experiencing significant flooding at this time, but are keeping a close eye on the situation andanticipatefloodinglater in the evening.

"More of our problems are going to occur later this evening, overnight and into tomorrow," he said. "We are anticipating theNithriver is going to rise and continue to rise until the rainfall stops."

Leesonadds they will notify residents if there is significant flooding.

Road closures due to flooding

Several roads in WilmotTownship have closed due to flooding:

• Lisbon Road, east of Nafziger Road.
• Wilby Roadfrom Nafziger Road to Sandhills Road.
• Carmel Koch Road from Nafziger Road to Sandhills Road.

In Cambridge:

• The southbound lane of Blair Road from Langdon Drive to Cruickston Park Lane is closed due to flooding.
• Blackbridge Drive has been closed.

In Woolwich, several roads are also closed.

• Barnswallow Drive between Kingfischer Drive and Nighthawk Lane.
• Mockingbird Drive between Barnswallow Drive and Oriole Parkway West.
• Intersection of Willis Road and Tribe Road is closed.

Misty River Drive in Conestogo is closed from Glasgow Streetto Flax Mill Drive.Glasgow Street is closed starting in Conestogo and ending in Waterloo at Country Squire Road.

In Wellesley,Seignor Line and Manser Road between Deborah Glaister and Perth Line 7 areclosed.

North Dumfries has closed Thomson Street from Inglisto Elliott streetsin Ayr.Public works crews have also closed the Main Street sidewalk near the Jedburgh Dam.

In Centre Wellington, Sideroad 5 between First Lineand Third Line is closed. And, Wellington Road 18between Salem and 8thLine has been closed by WellingtonO.P.P.due to flooding.