NAPOLITANO
FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL TAKE AN AERIAL TOUR OF MINOT FLOODING TOMORROW, AND MEET WITH CITY AND STATE LEADERS.
GOVERNOR DALRYMPLE SAYS HE'S ANXIOUS TO SHOW HER JUST HOW SIGNIFICANT THE DAMAGES ARE SO THE STATE CAN GET ADWQUATE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
DALRYMPLE AND THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HOPE NAPOLITANO WILL EXPAND HER VISIT TO INCLUDE A TOUR OF FLOODING IN THE BISMARCK-MANDAN AREA AND THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN....
83 BYPASS CLOSED
THANK GOODNESS THAT BROADWAY AND 3RD STREET NORTHEAST ARE OPEN FOR TRAFFIC, AS THE HIGHWAY 83 BYPASS WEST OF TOWN IS NOW CLOSED..
THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CLOSED THE BYPASS YESTERDAY AS THE FLOODING MOUSE RIVER APPARENTLY CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE..
A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE D O T STATED THAT A RECENT INSPECTION OF THE BRIDGE REVEALED THAT SOME REPAIRS NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE BRIDGE CAN BE DETERMINED SAFE FOR TRAVEL....
IT WAS NOT STATED HOW LONG THE BYPASS WOULD BE CLOSED....
RE-ENTRY-BOIL WATER
MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER THEIR HOMES TO CHECK ON DAMAGES.
MINOT AND WARD COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFIER CAPTAIN DEAN LENERTZ OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE OF 9TH STREET SOUTHEAST AND 15TH STREET SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF 5TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND THE SOUTH ROW OF PARKVIEW TRAILER COURT ARE ALLOWED BACK TO THEIR HOMES DURING THE HOURS OF 8 A M TO 10 P M...
LENERTZ SAID YOU MUST HAVE AN I D SHOWING YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU ARE ADVISED TO NOT USE SEWER OR WATER IN YOUR HOME WHILE THERE..
IF YOU SEE ANY WATER IN YOUR HOME YOU MUST CALL XCEL ENERGY TO DISCONNECT THE ELECTRIC SERVICE, AND ANY AREA THAT HAS WATER STANDING SHOULD NOT BE ENTERED AS THE CITY'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS STILL ENERGIZED AND DANGEROUS.
LENERTZ SAID AS THE WATER LEVEL IN THE RIVER RECEEDES, MORE AREAS WILL BE ACTIVATED FOR RE-ENTRY.
THE 'BOIL THE WATER' ORDER HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR A SMALL AREA OF THE CITY.
LENERTZ SAID FOR THOSE LIVING SOUTH OF THE 2 AND 52 BYPASS IN THE CITY, ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO BOIL THE WATER, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY REMAINS IN THE 'BOIL' AREA.
THE CITY IS WORKING ON ISOLATING AND TESTING OTHER AREAS SO THE BOIL ORDER CAN BE LIFTED.
YOU ARE ALSO REMINDED TO CONSERVE WATER IN ALL AREAS OF THE CITY UNTIL WATER MAIN BREAKS CAN BE REPAIRED...
YOU ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THERE ARE 4 LANES OF TRAVEL ON NORTH BROADWAY, WITH THE CENTER TURNING LANE BEING USED AS ONE OF THE LANES UNTIL THE THOROUGHFARE IS CLEARED FOR NORMAL TRAVEL...
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