The Manager of Works and Operations for Hanover says the situation west of Sarto has greatly improved since Sunday. Crews were busy diking Road 33E, south of Provincial Road 205, in an effort to stop flood waters from reaching Sarto.

"Water has started to recede already which is quicker than we thought it would have," notes Wes Fehr. "However, it looks like it's backing still on the dike a little bit this morning."

Fehr says there are two drains that run across PR 205; the Tourond Creek and Pansy Drain. Fehr says Sarto is a mile west of this Tourond Creek and when both drains run at capacity, the water begins to lap over the road. Fehr says once that happens, it runs west towards Sarto.

Fehr is hopeful that once that threat is over, that will mark the end of their flood concerns this spring. He notes crews are still steaming the odd culvert that is frozen but says this is more an attempt to stay ahead of the issue in case of potential rain. Fehr says it looks like most roads that are closed in the municipality should reopen by the end of Tuesday. There are currently six mile roads closed.

Meanwhile, he says it is quite obvious that as soon as the flood fight is over, crews in Hanover will have a battle with roads on their hands. He says with warmer weather on the weekend, the frost is really starting to work its way out of the roads.

"The surfaces have really softened up," he says. "It looks like it's going to be quite serious as far as the soft conditions on the roadways, that's what we're expecting."

Fehr says graders are out on roads and he expects it will be very difficult to maintain good driving conditions over the next couple of weeks.

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