CITY AND STATE CREWS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RE-OPENING THE SOUTHBOUND HAMILTON BOULEVARD EXIT ALONG I-29.
THE AREA HAD BEEN FLOODED BY THE MISSOURI RIVER AND CITY FIRE MARSHALL MARK AESOPH SAYS LARSEN PARK ROAD, THE I-29 RAMPS AND HAMILTON BOULEVARD RE-OPENED AROUND 4PM FRIDAY.
EFFORTS WERE UNDERWAY SINCE THE MORNING TO CLEAR WATER FROM THE ROADWAY:
OC……….ARE WORKING :07
AESOPH SAYS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS SLIGHTLY LOWERED THE PREDICTED LEVEL THE MISSOURI RIVER WILL CREST AT THIS WEEKEND IN SIOUX CITY:
OC…………A GOOD THING. :14
THAT REDUCTION IS DESPITE WATER RELEASES FROM YANKTON’S GAVINS POINT DAM INTO THE RIVER HOLDING AT 75,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.
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