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    THE BLUE MOUNTAINS | CLOSED ROAD ADVISORY NOTIFICATION

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    The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure:

    • Grey Road 119 from Banks to the roundabout at Gord Canning Drive
    • 21st Sideroad from the 7th Line to the 4th Line.
    • 4th Line from 21st Sideroad up to Banks

    Location: The Blue Mountains

    Brief Description of Event: dangerous road conditions with wires down across the roadway in different areas. Please avoid those areas.

    Estimated duration of Road Advisory: no estimate available for the time required to complete the repairs and roadways to be cleared. Will update media when info becomes available.

    OPP Media Contact: PC Martin Hachey

    The O.P.P. will distribute details and updates of the road advisory as information becomes available.

    Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road condition information.

    Visit the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website at ontario.ca/511, twitter @511Ontario or call 511 traveller’s information such as winter road conditions, construction reports, road closures, traffic reports, traffic cameras and interactive mapping.

    A new media release has been made by the OPP for Collingwood. The release content is below. If you wish to unsubscribe from these alerts, log into the OPP News Release Portal and select “Manage Account”.

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