Police close roads to control traffic near allegan, Plainwell MI
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Police closed several roads and intersections near Allegan, Michigan to control traffic. Drivers were bypassing barricades by using parking lots, so officers reinforced the closures with pylons to prevent passage.
Audio|Heard on: Allegan County Police, Fire and EMS - Conventional / Digital
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05:51
Transcript:
00:00
What do you think, you start pulling barricades now to check for any holes we need to fill?
00:07
That might work for this.
00:12
Let's start pulling barricades, they're blocking the road.
00:14
We need to fill some holes, we'll need to do it.
00:21
5.053D9 can pick me up the board.
00:24
Okay.
00:29
South Maine, we're gonna hold off until you set down and maybe my name on this stuff.
00:39
I thought we were going to wait until 5-2.
00:49
This is 63.
00:51
Did I miss something? Are we closing roads?
00:55
Yeah, start closing the roads.
00:57
In case we got some holes we need to fill, start closing the roads.
01:01
10-4[1].
01:06
VE25 relative center.
01:12
8255Gra We're on 16.
01:17
On tuning 12 for you.
01:22
635.
01:26
Go ahead.
01:33
You get in your better get any first street?
01:38
Phone in the intersection now.
01:41
Sure.
01:44
Can you like Sherwood and Thomas closed off?
01:51
Yep.
01:55
Sorry, Southmator closed.
02:01
Allegan and jerk your shot.
02:07
South Lane Hills Close.
02:11
Halogen Central from 21-962.
02:15
Okay, sure. Okay. Okay.
02:17
Well,
02:21
we got some drivers coming through already, so.
02:27
Grant and Maine is closed.
02:34
Northmaine at first place.
02:39
So the gentleman that was trying to give directions directed us back to 10th Street to the church behind the cars and more parking lot and then said that the address connects with the church address, but I'm not sure that we're on scene, but if you could flag it in the system that this address is not on the streets that it belongs, it's not marked.
03:10
You're coming back down to Anderson, right, Jim?
03:17
It's affirmative. I have the roommate out.
03:23
We do have an alert in here from Deb stating that the address you have to go through North Point Church driveway and the driveway runs south off North Point Church Drive.
03:38
Okay.
03:39
We went to see these lawyers driving around it.
03:46
Fair on that.
03:48
I think we found a word,
03:50
9-8-7 voice and drive.
03:54
I thought there would be a detour sign on it.
03:57
This is strictly a barricade.
04:06
We may see traffic backing out.
04:08
They'll get there.
04:09
You have people going around the barrier at Sharper and South Maine.
04:18
They're just going through the old Clark station.
04:21
Yeah,
04:25
I guess that's really going to get to.
04:31
John, how you doing there? All right in church.
04:40
Traffic's backing up a little bit, but that's good.
04:46
See the season.
04:52
Got made off the mic.
04:56
Get it off the mic.
05:00
Two on board 970 and dual has that call base.
05:07
20 and 970 back to base.
05:14
I don't know if you have anybody to spare over at Chart in South Maine, they're going around on East and west side of Chart now.
05:25
So they just run over the pylons or what are they doing?
05:32
We're going through the gas station parking lot on the left side and on the east side, the guitar store, or just going to the parking lot going around.
05:44
Let's back those pylons up on both sides so they can't get to those driveways, see if that helps.
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S Main St, Plainwell, MI 49080
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