Road closures and traffic rerouting due to flooding, Burlington WA
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Road ClosureRoad closures and traffic rerouting are in place around Monroe, Gardner, and Rio Vista in Burlington due to flooding. Multiple teams are coordinating to control traffic and cover affected areas on Skagit roads.
Audio|Heard on: Skagit County Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:40
Transcript:
00:00
They've got traffic going into Monroe from Gardner to the dead end.
00:05
They'll need to divert traffic south to go towards Rio Vista to get out.
00:09
There's a bunch of people that are stuck going in circles.
00:17
Now there's something.
00:23
News 5-2, Cascades.
00:28
Union 5-2.
00:30
You can make me primarily and I'll be clear.
00:42
Go ahead.
00:45
So we got the South team where a task force JJ that's going to, they're done with Gilbert Lane and they're going to hurt it around towards
00:54
Yeah,
00:57
just to cover that two on Ferry Street.
00:59
Depending on who gets quickly,
01:03
we're out there.
01:07
Yeah, that's a good copy.
01:09
Our team is working on North Skagit still, I believe they'll probably meet around Montero Lane.
01:20
Go ahead and cover that section of South Skagit from East Rio Vista to Montero.
01:26
I think we're looking to get here.
01:28
One back to the office.
01:30
The map and the flood area, I don't think that street site is going to need to be covered.
01:42
Yeah,
01:44
I got that.
01:45
They're me.
01:47
Wait.
01:49
Fur note calls 300.
01:51
The west side bridge has been a lot of...
01:53
It was unexpected there.
01:57
Hi, buddy.
02:04
So,
02:06
Taskforce is probably the closest unit for the Short and Laird.
02:12
We can have that other team finish off the 3rd Street.
02:18
Yeah, A-Firm.
02:19
This team is going to expand their area.
02:23
They're going to next go to Laird Place Short Street.
02:27
So all of North Skagiters have the other team start at Rio Vista.
02:32
work north on south gadgets.
02:35
They should be able to move quicker based on how much water is not there compared to us.
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Location mentioned:
S Skagit St & E Rio Vista Ave, Burlington, WA 98233
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