Public Works crews with the City of Corner Brook have closed a number of roads, and are monitoring water levels threatening other municipal infrastructure throughout the community following extensive rain on the province’s west coast.

Over 100 millimeters of rain has fallen in Corner Brook over the last 48 hours; washing out a section of roadway on the city’s west side. A portion of O’Connell Drive has been closed to traffic, as crews continue to battle flood waters that have eroded nearly the entire curb along Walbourne’s Road.

As a precaution, the City has also closed Riverside Drive to all traffic as a precaution, in the event the adjacent Humber River breaches its banks.

In the downtown core of the city, a section of Corner Brook Stream has also breached its banks, flooding sections of roadway in the Commercial Street area, and washing out a portion of the Corner Brook Stream Trail Network.

With rainfall expected to continue in the region this evening, City Hall is asking residents to avoid traveling on municipal roadways experiencing significant water accumulation.

Meanwhile, in the Bay St. George region, Route 460 near Noel’s Pond has been closed to all traffic due to water flowing over the roadway in three locations.

Elsewhere, a section of roadway on Route 460 near De Grau has completely washed out, and is impassable. Highway officials are on site but, at this point, there’s no indication when repairs to the damaged roadway will get underway

There are similar conditions outside of Corner Brook. Route 440 is reduced to one lane near Hughes Brook and Route 460 is washed out near Cape St. George.

Rain will continue overnight.