Emergency Response from the City of Calgary The City is asking all citizens to help the authorities who are responding to this emergency by observing these restrictions: • Do not drive to the affected areas unless you are involved in the emergency response. Extra traffic will prevent the authorities from responding quickly. Pedestrians are asked to stay off all bridges. • Do not use the phone unless you are requesting help or reporting an important event. • Unnecessary phone calls could overload the telephone system and limit the authorities’ ability to communicate. Call 311 only for flood related calls. Call 911 in case of emergency. Please visit Calgary.ca for current information. Schools Closed All public and Catholic schools in Calgary, Cochrane, Chestermere and Airdrie will be closed on Friday. Both campuses of Westmount Charter School will also be closed, along with the Calgary Arts Academy. Mount Royal University and the University of Calgary have cancelled classes. “If you don’t have to go into work in the downtown core [on Friday] please avoid it,” says Ryan Jestin, director of roads for the City of Calgary. “We’re obviously going to be doing a lot of work over the night, including evacuations, and adding more people into the downtown core would just exacerbate the problem.” Recreation facilities closed All Recreation facilities are CLOSED on Friday with exception of those acting as emergency receptions, which are open for emergency related purposes ONLY. Calgary Transit Due to rising water and flooding risk, Calgary Transit CTrain service is being limited to those areas not impacted by potential flooding, effective immediately. In the south, CTrain service will run between Somerset and Heritage stations. In the northwest, train service will operate between Crowfoot and SAIT stations. On the west line CTrain service will operate between Kerby Station and 69 Street Station. In the northeast the CTrain service will run between Franklin Station to Saddletowne Station. CTrains will operate in both directions between the identified stations. Road closures 17 Ave – Deerfoot: NB to WB ramp Glenmore – Deerfoot: NB to EB ramp SB Macleod Tr (Patterson) NB Macleod Tr (Victoria) 9 AV and 7 St SE, just north of MacDonald AV SE NB Crowchild Tr at Bow TR is closed and southbound Crowchild Tr, north of Kensington also closed due to the intersection of Kensington and Crowchild being flooded SB Macleod Tr at 10 AV SB Macleod Tr at 9 AV Heritage Dr from Heritage Meadows Rd to Glenmore Tr SE WB Glenmore Tr ramp to N&S Deerfoot Tr 4 St north of 26 Avenue/Elbow Drive 5 St at 26 Avenue 26 Avenue between 4 & 5 Streets SW Elbow Drive from 26 Avenue/4 Street to 32 Avenue EB Memorial Drive ramp to St. Georges Drive No access to Memorial Drive from the Zoo Island. St. Patrick’s/St. George’s/Zoo Island access to south shore only. EB Memorial Drive NW from 10 St to Edmonton Trail (west intersection) WB Memorial Drive NE from Edmonton Trail (west intersection) to 10 St Crowchild Trail ramps to Memorial Drive EB Bridges over the Elbow River 4 St SW 25 Ave SW SB Macleod Tr (Patterson) NB Macleod Tr (Victoria) Macdonald Avenue 9 Avenue SE/Inglewood Bridges over the Bow River Baines Bridge at the zoo St. Georges Bridge 17 Avenue SE 16 Ave, west of Home Rd Shouldice bridge (Bowness Rd) 85 Street NW bridge Centre Street bridge (BOTH decks) Langevin (Edmonton Tr) Crowchild Tr over Bow Tr 4 Ave flyover CN bridge/Calf Robe List of City building closures Alberta Trade Centre (315 10 Avenue SE) EMS#3 (1807 Macleod Trail SE) Cliff Bungalow (2105 Cliff Street SW) Fire Hall #1 (450 – 1 Street SE) Community & Neighbourhood Services – Bowness (5000 Bowness Road NW) Victoria Park Garage (1075 – 7 Street SE) Municipal Complex (800 Macleod Trail S) Calgary Public Building (205 – 8 Avenue SE) Andrew Davison Building (133 – 6 Avenue SE) Sled Island is CANCELLED In light of the current emergency situation, and in line with our commitment to the safety of festival-goers and the citizens of Calgary, all reamining Sled Island festival events are cancelled.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:01:36 +0000
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