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North road out of Blackfalds closed up to two weeks

Apr 17, 2018 | 3:40 PM

High water levels have forced the closure of the north road out of the town of Blackfalds.

Range Road 272 (Broadway Avenue) is closed from Aspen Lakes Blvd. at the town’s north end to Township Road 40-0.

Preston Weran, Director of Infrastructure and Property says the freeze and thaw cycle has resulted in melting snow saturating the soil so much that a sinkhole has formed in the road.

“If the weather co-operates, it’ll dry out in the next three to five days,” he says. “We’ll go in and do the road repair and hopefully open it up to traffic probably within a period of 10 days to two weeks.”