Emcon Services operations manager Bill Pattyson, the road maintenance contractor for the City of Quesnel, said the West Fraser Road at Quesnel香蕉视频直播檚 Deep Creek will remain closed indefinitely after flooding destroyed roughly 150 metres of roadway.

香蕉视频直播淚n this instance the ministry has undertaken the work themselves [to repair the road],香蕉视频直播� Pattyson said. 香蕉视频直播淲hat we do is we follow the ministry香蕉视频直播檚 direction when a big washout like this happens. They tell us the scope of work and what they want us to do and then we will mobilize equipment and start to repair it.香蕉视频直播�

Emcon Services, he said, is working in roughly a dozen other places where roads are completely washed out and bridges have been damaged.

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香蕉视频直播淲e香蕉视频直播檙e currently mobilizing equipment from as far away as Fort Nelson into the area 香蕉视频直播� excavators, trucks 香蕉视频直播� and if it drags on we will start mobilizing other large machines from Merritt, where our headquarters is,香蕉视频直播� he said.

Flooding in Quesnel香蕉视频直播檚 Deep Creek area, located 15 kilometres south of the city, is extensive, he said.

香蕉视频直播淐urrently about 150 metres of road is totally missing. It香蕉视频直播檚 just gone,香蕉视频直播� he said. 香蕉视频直播淎 kilometre south of that we have another section, about 50 metres is failing as we speak, and on the Deep Creek hill itself we have a 400-metre section that is sliding into the river.香蕉视频直播�

In the CRD, the Nazko area has been hit the worst with 120 properties currently under evacuation order.

Those in need of information, help or sandbags are urged to call the emergency operations centre香蕉视频直播檚 public information line at 1-866-759-4977.