Road closed on route 240 due to icy hill conditions, Cattaraugus County NY
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Road ClosureRoute 240 in New York is closed due to icy and slippery hill conditions. Road crews are coordinating plow operations and escorting vehicles safely through the area.
Audio|Heard on: Olean Police and Fire, Cattaraugus County Sheriff / Fire, NYSP-TROOP-A
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03:19
Transcript:
00:00
We can start sending vehicle traffic when the plows go through.
00:03
I got top of the hill shut down at Irish Hill and I believe 72-40 and 72-20 are down south.
00:09
We can get the least the dealable traffic moving.
00:11
We're about the semis in the plows go through.
00:14
Sorry, 4.5, it'll tell you, I'll do clear from that MVA and Freedom.
00:20
4-5, do you repeat that.
00:23
I'm clear from the MVA and freedom.
00:26
Copy.
00:30
Like easy.
00:36
Copy, I'll head up there and start releasing.
00:42
5350 and just advise them the hill is very slippery on the downslope it's very icy.
00:50
So happy there.
00:53
7 240 to 70 20.
00:57
Go ahead.
01:00
I've advised that lead semi to stay put so nobody else moves I'm heading your way.
01:14
Newport.
01:16
I'll be around to that, cross the roadway in the interstate,
01:19
come from the station.
01:21
Hurry, Steve, go on 21-90, disregard.
01:24
8 seconds.
01:26
90, you copy.
01:29
9-0 copy, thank you.
01:31
Thank you.
01:36
Okay, 88, 83835 in a location.
01:40
Where you, 17, 41.
01:49
72, 2077240.
01:50
Good.
01:53
I'm actually going to escort this plow up and around, if you don't mind,
01:57
shutting this town for me.
01:58
That way we can go out and around the other lane.
02:04
... right now.
02:07
I see, I want to just let him have an escort around.
02:09
Those other vehicles are going to be stopped there.
02:12
If you don't mind, just shutting it down for me and letting dispatch the one you do at the roadway shut down, please.
02:16
I'll be right back.
02:18
Appreciate.
02:24
What's back in order for us back in order.
02:27
Free soon.
02:34
724-Hillard.
02:40
I'll be a 219 in Crosby's, I'll have a shutdown.
02:43
Happy, we have both ends shut down now, correct?
02:49
I believe so.
02:55
72-28-53-31.
02:59
53-31. Go ahead.
03:02
That's correct, correct that you got that edge down up there.
03:10
I am currently right up the start of the line here at the bottom of the hill.
03:14
I do not have anybody going off the air shut down right now if you want to bring the bottom of the zero.
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