According to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose many streets are expected to be flooded and should be avoided due to expected heavy rainfall and possible hazardous weather conditions.
Because motorists could become stranded by driving through flooded streets and high water, people are asked to avoid the below listed locations and to use alternative routes.
Drivers are also discouraged from traveling through any streets which are flooded, have high water or are believed to be flooded.
The Department of Public Safety is coordinating responses to burglar alarms, flooding conditions and other weather related incidents through the combined use of Police, Fire and Office of Emergency Management Personnel.
The following locations should be avoided due to flooding conditions or the potential for flooding:
• Clay Street and McCarter Highway
• South Street and VanBuren Street
• Jefferson and Chestnut Streets
• State Street near Broad Street
• Jabez and Backus Streets
• 357 Wilson Avenue
• Manufacturers Place and Hyatt Street
• Magazine Street and Avenue L
• Avenue L and Wilson Avenue
• Ferry and Foundry Streets
• Norfolk Street
• Orange Street
• Nesbitt Street
• McClellan and Frelinghuysen Avenue
Drive carefully and use caution.
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