Just in time for the weekend: A Middleburgh road that was closed for nearly a week after it was damaged by a mudslide has reopened, according to the Schoharie County Department of Public Works.
A DPW employee told the Watershed Post that Huntersland Road was reopened on Friday, June 21. The road had been closed since Sunday, June 16, when a torrential rainstorm on Friday caused soggy ground to gave way on the road's bank.
Flash flooding also slammed Middleburgh's Main Street on Friday, damaging roads, flooding basements, and temporarily stranding children in the Middleburgh Elementary School.
Volunteers at Schoharie Area Long Term Recovery (SALT) have been out in the community this week, getting help to those affected by the recent flooding. Many local residents and business owners are still feeling the effects of the devastating 2011 Irene and Lee floods. On Monday, SALT's blog took stock of the recent damage:
To date, the damage...includes one home with substantial foundation damage, 3 homes and 3 businesses that had water in first floor, 15-20 basements with substantial water (several already noting furnace and other utilities destroyed), and as many as 30-50 with rocks/silt/debris/erosion in their yards and driveways.
We addressed the bulk of the immediate needs (gutting/ripping up floors, pumping basements, human needs) but will have a lot of general labor work in mucking and debris cleanup. Village, town and county workers and local fire departments did an amazing job cleaning up road and sidewalks.
Please give the SALT number 518-702-5017 or email info@saltrecovery.org to anyone with unmet needs.
The group also accepts donations through their website to fund ongoing flood recovery efforts in the region.
