Road closures update

Special to The Leader
The Orange Leader

September 17, 2008 01:38 pm

— Jefferson County:

* Roadways with flooding, large debris or livestock:

-Hwy 73 @ England Road: TxDOT barricades

and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies stationed

at that location

-Boondocks / Labelle Roads

-Pleasure Island is accessible by foot or small

vehicles. Some disabled boats are still on

roadways

· Rainbow and Veteran’s Memorial Bridges are OPEN

· No electricity

· PODS established throughout county

· Boil Water notices / Burn Ban notices

· Curfew still in effect (8p-6a)

Orange County:

· Roadways open (including Rainbow and Veteran’s Bridges)

· Electricity still out in majority of county: few areas have electricity

· PODS established throughout county / Attempting to have location for 3rd POD set up at Big Lots on McArthur Drive

· Boil Water notices / Burn Ban notices

· Curfew still in effect (6p-6a)

· Public numbers for Orange County Sheriff’s Office

409-233-9129

409-233-9154

409-233-9169

Hardin County:

· Roadways open

· POD established at Hardin County Courthouse: items will be taken from location to cities such as Sour Lake, Batson and Saratoga to be distributed (according to Hardin County representative at Beaumont DDC)

· No electricity in majority of county: electricity coming online slowly in city of Lumberton

· Curfew still in effect (8p-6a)

Liberty County:

· All roadways open

· No electricity

· Unsure if PODS were established

· Fuel sites running off of generators

n Cannon Fuel on 321 between Dayton and

Cleveland

n Wal-Mart in Liberty and Cleveland

n Brookshire Brother in Dayton

Chambers County:

· Roadways closed due to flooding

Hwy 124 to High Island

· No electricity

· Unsure if PODS were established

· Curfew still in effect (8p-6a)

Tyler County:

· All roadways open

Use caution when traveling US69 south into

Woodville due to long traffic lines for fuel at

Brookshire Brothers

· No electricity

· Unsure if PODS established

· Curfew still in effect (8p-6a)

Northern Counties (Newton, Jasper, Shelby, Angelina, San Jacinto, Polk, Nacogdoches, Trinity and Sabine):

· All roadways open

· Power outages still continue, but more cities are coming online