The Contra Costa County Public Works announced that Byron Highway is closed to all traffic between Byron Hot Springs and Herdlyn Road due to flooding.
According to CHP, around 3:00 am, the canal began overflowing and flooding the roadway. By 4:06 am, a SIGALERT was issued to block all lanes of traffic.
Public works will issue an update later Monday.
CHP LOG:
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 5:39 AM | 17 | [71] 1039 CCSO FOR CO RDS FOR LINE 70 / WILL PUT IN A CALL – ADV CITY OF BYRON IS OUT | |||||
| 5:34 AM | 16 | [69] 19-404C TOLD BY PUBLIC WORKS TO MOVE CLOSURE TO BYRON AT CAMINO DIABLO DUE TO INCREASED FLOODING / LIGHTS ARE COMPLETELY AT I/S*** | |||||
| 5:14 AM | 15 | [62] LE 19-404C VIA MDC – MOVED NORTH ON BYRON. TURNING VEHS AROUND AT BYRON AND BYRON HOT SPRINGS NOW. BETTER AREA FOR VEHS TO TA | |||||
| 4:30 AM | 14 | [54] CENTRAL TOW WILL HANDLE BOTH *** | |||||
| 4:30 AM | 13 | [53] [Rotation Request Comment] * * * * *1039 CENTRAL TOW LVMR – 510-797-5660 | |||||
| 4:28 AM | 12 | [52] HOLDING CENTRAL TOW | |||||
| 4:24 AM | 11 | [51] 19-404C 1185 WILL HAVE TO HAVE CABLE | |||||
| 4:23 AM | 10 | [50] 19-404C REQ 2 1185’S FOR VEHS IN 1FT WATER/ BO BATTERIES PAYING BY CC * SIL INFI AND DARK CHEV MONTE CARLO- | |||||
| 4:06 AM | 9 | [43] ^***ISSUE SIGALERT*** BYRON HWY AT MOUNTAIN HOUSE NB AND SB LANES BLCOKED DUE TO FLOODING. UNK ETO, USE ALTERNATE ROUTE. | |||||
| 4:01 AM | 8 | [41] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO SO, ADV’SD IT IS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE CO LINE – THEY ARE SENDING A SUPERVISOR OUT TO SPEAK WITH CHP // UNK ETA | |||||
| 3:52 AM | 7 | [37] 1039 CCSO FOR CO RDS – LINE 35 | |||||
| 3:50 AM | 6 | [35] 19-S7 REQ CO RDS AT BYRON X BRUNS FOR CLOSURE – ALSO REQ INQ IF THEY HAVE NUMBER TO AQUA DUCTS IN AREA | |||||
| 3:46 AM | 5 | [27] 1039 COCO – FOR CO RDS – | |||||
| 3:29 AM | 4 | [18] 1039 ALA CO – ADV NOT THEIR JURIS FOR CO RDS – SHOULD BE SAN JOAQUIN .. | |||||
| 3:15 AM | 3 | [9] 1039 ALCO FOR CO RDS | |||||
| 3:11 AM | 2 | [5] C19-404C CANAL IS OVER FILLING AND FLOODING RDWY 8”-1′ WATER -REQ CO RDS TO SHUT DOWN RDWY – REQ TRACY CHP TO SHUT DOWN THEIR SIDE* | |||||
| 2:32 AM | 1 | [2] BLKG NB AND SB LNS | |||||
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Contra Costa County Public Works Department (CCCPWD) maintains over 660 miles of roads, 150 miles of streams, channels, and other drainage and over 150 County buildings throughout Contra Costa County. CCCPWD provides services such as Parks and Recreation, Sandbag Distribution and Flood Control throughout unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County. For more information about CCCPWD, please visit us at www.cccpublicworks.org
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[…] A canal was over filling and flooding the roadway which requested a shutdown to occur. By 4:06 am, Byron Highway at Mountain House NB/SB lanes shut down. It’s also being reproted that 2,408 are without power in the Town of Byron and Town of Discovery Bay. This was later moved to Byron Highway near the Hot Springs. See Full Story […]
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