On September 2, County Executive George Latimer declareed a State of Emergency in Westchester County, for the purpose of dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane IDA. “It’s a beautiful weather day today and the next few days, so we can dry out. But last night I was out driving around the county and the flooding impact, and the high amount of rain this summer, we did not get the same type of absorption,” said Latimer.
The rainfall totals in Westchester reached 10 inches of rain in some communities. :Generally our parkway system were build in river valleys, that’s why we call them the Saw Mill River Parkway and Hutchinson River Parkway start to flood after 4 inches of rain. Mt. Kisco got 8.4 inches, New Rochelle 8 inches, Tarrytown 7 inches, which is more than the system can handle,” said Latimer.
“High tide was at 8pm along the sound, which backs up and floods the low lying areas, in Mamaroneck and Rye and Bronxville. The Bronx River Parkawy and parts of the Hutcinson River Parkway are closed but may be reponed by the end of the day. 200 cars were stranded around the County.”
16,800 Westchester customers are without power that use Con Ed, may take longer than today to restore power to some communities flooded out.
1,249 outages in Westchester for NYSEG, customers but will be restored by the end of the day.
Bee Line Buses were closed but now have re-opened with the following detours.
Routes 1, 1C, 1T, & 1W on detour on Warburton Avenue, from Ashburton Avenue to Main Street in Hastings in both directions.
Route 1W on detour on White Plains Road from Taxter Road to Elmsford Square in both directions.
Route 1C on detour on Saw Mill River Road between Main Street (Elmsford) and Hunter Lane in both directions.
Route 5 on detour on Nepperhan Avenue from Odell Avenue to Saw Mill River Road.
On detour on Saw Mill River Road between Odell Avenue to Jackson Avenue in both directions.
Route 6 on detour on North Broadway, from Lamartine Avenue to Glenwood Avenue, also on North Broadway, from Roberts Avenue to Main Street in Hastings Northbound only.
Route 8 on detour at Tuckahoe Road from Central Avenue to Tuckahoe R.R Station.
Route 9 on detour on Nepperhan Avenue between Executive Boulevard and Odell Avenue.
Route 13 Eastbound on detour on Main Street (Elmsford) between Saw Mill River Road and Route 9 in both directions.
Westbound on detour on White Plains Road from Taxter Road to Elmsford Square.
Route 14 on detour on Saw Mill River Road between Main Street (Elmsford) and Hunter Lane in both directions.
Routes 40 & 41 on detour on Hillside between Tarrytown Road and W.C.C.
Route 45 on detour on Shore Road between Wayman Avenue and Pelham Bay Subway Station.
Route 45Q is not accessible at this time.
Route 52 on detour on Fifth Avenue between Kingsbridge Avenue and Dyre Avenue.
Routes 75 and 91 are not being serviced, Playland Park is closed.
