Heavy flooding closes right lane on Route 17 north, East Rutherford NJ
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, heavy flooding has caused the right lane of Route 17 north near a low-lying area in East Rutherford to be impassable. Police units are coordinating to close the affected section and place traffic cones to block the flooded area.
Audio|Heard on: East Rutherford Fire and Police
Listen to dispatch call
01:8
Transcript:
00:00
The right lane,
00:01
17 north and kind of lows, the normal spot is completely flooded out.
00:05
I don't know if you want to have 5A2 over there and sit there and cornered off her.
00:15
Yeah, stand by, getting colds on it.
00:24
582
00:27
582 If you can check in that area of 17 put down some cones
00:36
Also feel free to switch into a different vehicle if the charger's not working out
00:46
We see you so far so down
00:53
Hi, two, are you close over there? I'll start on you set up.
01:00
Negative, I gotta stop at headquarters and just pick up a couple more cones.
01:05
Alright, I just pulled in.
01:06
Just go over there.
01:07
I'll take the pickup truck with the stack of cones.
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Location mentioned:
NJ-17, East Rutherford, NJ
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