Repairs continue in village of Alma after storm damages roads
CBC
A week after a major storm tore through the village of Alma, crews are still working to make repairs.
Village Coun. John Ereaux says there was a lot of damage, and it included holes ripped in roads and the erosion of shoulders along routes 114 and 915.
"We see lots of quite severe erosion on the shoulders that has not yet resulted in the pavement collapsing, but it's been undermined," he said.
"And then some of the surfaces of the roads are either damaged with the asphalt sort of disintegrating or there's debris."
Ereaux said the combination of rain, wind, melting snow and a flash freeze led to the damage.
At one point, he worried the village would become completely isolated as water rushed over the roads.
As levels rose, Cleveland Brook almost burst its banks.
Alma resident Norma-Jean Murphy was driving around the village during the storm and noticed the gushing water in the brook. She stepped onto the bridge on Foster Road to take some video.
"I felt safe until I stood on the bridge and I took the video and I was thinking, you know, maybe I shouldn't be here, so I got in my car and I drove up that way and then up and around, but within a matter of minutes the village had actually closed the bridge off because it started to undermine."
A gaping hole was left on the Foster Road bridge, which has now been repaired and reopened.
Murphy said she was surprised by the strength of the storm and how much damage was caused.
A section of the 45 Road was heavily damaged, cutting off access to residents. And there is a detour on Route 114.
John Ereaux said he's pleased with how quickly the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure responded.
The department is evaluating the damage caused by the flooding.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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