Palmyra has road closure
By Ryan Spoehr
SLN STAFF
Heavy rain throughout Monday and into Tuesday in Jefferson and Walworth counties left many areas underwater, but the City of Whitewater seemingly didn’t get hit too badly with flooding.
“We are in pretty good shape,” said Brad Marquardt, the city’s public works director.
Marquardt said at Walworth and Douglas avenues near the high school a storm sewer was blocked with ice, but city workers were able to alleviate the issue and get the water to flow again.
Whitewater Creek, which flows out of Cravath Lake in the city’s downtown, had its bank above normal levels, but Marquardt said that is not uncommon.
“That is pretty typical in heavy rains. It typically happens about once a year,” Marquardt said.
However, the Village of Palmyra wasn’t so lucky. The heavy rain forced the closure of a local street earlier this week.
The downpours caused S. Fourth Street in Palmyra to be “completely closed until further notice” due to the flooding, Village Clerk Laurie Mueller said in an email on Tuesday.
“I don’t see the problem getting any better. There’s nowhere for the water to go,” Palmyra Public Works Director Jeff Gwaltney said.
For more on the area weather, pick up this week’s editions of the Whitewater Register and The Enterprise of Palmyra and Eagle.
