The Works and Operations Manager for the Rural Municipality of Hanover says crews have been hard at work in the community of Mitchell dealing with flooded streets.

Wes Fehr says the warm weather has kept them busy, especially considering the temperature stayed above the freezing mark for almost the entire weekend.

"From Sunday to Monday night, I would say Pinehurst in Mitchell was definitely one of the worst streets that had a lot of water pooling up," notes Fehr.

He says crews spent time along Pinehurst on Monday and then again Tuesday morning trying to get water flowing.

"It seems a little bit slow at this point because the ditches are still so full of snow," he says.

Fehr says some streets south of Highway 52 in Mitchell also caused grief over the weekend. But he says as of Tuesday morning, there have so far been no reports of property damage anywhere in Hanover. Further to that, he says they haven't needed to use any sandbags yet.

There has been some culvert steaming going on, but Fehr says only in select areas. He notes they need to be cautious as to which ones they do because of cold weather in the forecast. Fehr says if they get water flowing slowly it can cause more of a problem once it freezes again, causing ice to build up in culverts.

Meanwhile, country roads have taken a beating in recent days. Fehr says the mild weather has really softened them up. The frost is still within the roads, but Fehr says there is a lot of washboard and potholes.

"We have machines out there right now doing as much as they can in certain areas just to help improve the driving surface again," says Fehr. "But again with cold temperatures coming up, it's going to be a little bit difficult to do that kind of maintenance."

Fehr says right now an ideal forecast would see temperatures slightly above the freezing mark during the day in order to get the water moving slowly and then freezing for night.