As floodwaters continue to move, Harvey County officials continue to move barricades around the county.
“This road was passable yesterday afternoon, and it’s come up since then,” said Jim Meier, Harvey County Road & Bridge Superintendent. “It’s hour to hour. It comes up and recedes very quickly.”
As the county keeps up with the flooding roadway barricades, truck drivers and others have been busy navigating alternate routes around U.S. Highway 50 that closed for flooding between Newton and Hutchinson.
“I came out of Iowa. It’s a meat load going out to the west,” said truck owner/operator, Frank. “I cut down now to 135 and then take Highway 54, I guess. Highway 50 flooded about a week ago and that’s the first time since I’ve been running the route.”
Frank uses U.S. 50 a lot and says he’s not seen flooding like this.
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