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THUNDER BAY — River Street will remain closed longer than initially estimated as work continues to replace a culvert that collapsed during spring flooding last year.The city had previously aimed to reopen the street — one of Thunder Bay’s major arterial routes — by late spring, while noting that estimate would depend on weather and other factors.
Mike Vogrig, a project engineer with the city, attributed the delay largely to slower progress as work proceeded through the winter season. Current River Coun. Andrew Foulds, who represents the area surrounding the culvert along with Red River Coun. Michael Zussino, said he shares residents’ feelings over the lengthy closure.
Still, he said there appeared to be little that could be done to move faster on a project that was both complex and unexpected. “I think the fact they’ve repaired this in such a short period of time is pretty remarkable, given the fact this wasn’t on their agenda,” he said. “They had to engineer this, come up with a way to reroute traffic, design it all in a very short period of time.”
City staff said the event was caused in part by record snowpacks recorded in multiple area watersheds, and followed other major flooding events in 2008, 2012, and 2016.
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