Image
The rains of Tuesday night, January 9th, melted away what remained of the approximate 4 inches of snow that fell over the weekend in Westwood, but the water has overwhelmed the drainage system on a portion of Arcadia Road.
On Wednesday, January 10th, the dead-end street is flooded at its end, as street drains appear unable to handle the recent snow melt plus rain. Water is spouting out of the street drains, which appear filled to capacity. The water is not deep, however, and residents are able to drive through the flooded portion of Arcadia Road.
Photo by Connie Rizoli. Gabriel, a neighborhood dog, inspects with interest the flooded portion of Westwood's Arcadia Road.Additionally, in the nearby neighborhood of Pond Plain Road, water can be seen gushing for a few seconds out of the sides of some homes, where it appears that sump pumps are working to clear water from inside.
Photo by Connie Rizoli. The water flooding the end of Westwood's Arcadia Road appears to measure one to a few inches deep, as evidenced against the bottom of this trash collection bin. Thanks to Connie Rizoli for sharing this news with Westwood Minute.
Updated 1/10/2024 at 6:41 p.m.
Sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 38 degrees. Sunny in the morning, partly cloudy for the afternoon and evening, clear overnight.
First of all, the intersection improvements are scheduled for the upcoming years and they are not related to Westwood at all.
The plaza on 109 where the Post Office is located would be a prime site for a modern development. It is a relic from the 1950#. Why haven’t the town planners sought a project for that location?
This is Route 1, the most heavily commercialized corridor in the region, and calling this an “existential threat” isn’t based in reality.