Ellice Street rail crossing closed

November 3, 2017 2:56 pm

The Ellice Street rail crossing is currently closed due to a broken sewer main.

The town issued this public notice Friday afternoon:

The Town of Moosomin currently has a broken sewer main, and want to keep traffic off of the roadway as much as possible till repairs are completed.

As such, the Ellice Street CPR crossing be blocked off to traffic between North Front Street and South Front Street.

It is expected that the repairs will take two to three weeks, and once it is completed, the barricades will be removed and opened up to traffic once again.

We thank everyone for their understating while these repairs are being completed.
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