Two baseball diamonds, a soccer pitch, a football field and a road in northwest Moose Jaw are all inaccessible because a nearby creek has overflowed its channel due to melting snow.
The City of Moose Jaw is redirecting motorists away from Fourth Avenue Northwest between Thatcher Drive and Macdonald Street and the public works department is monitoring the situation because Spring Creek has overflowed into nearby fields and residential properties.
The department has closed that road, although local traffic is permitted to access businesses and residences along that stretch, where access is available only via Fourth Avenue Northwest.
The flooding has submerged the Leo Heisler and Jim Dayton baseball diamonds — the water is roughly two feet high based on the fence height — and adjacent McCullough Field. The massive volume of water has also inundated portions of Vanier Collegiate’s parking lots, soccer pitch and football field.
Water appears to have also affected at least one nearby residential garage, while a white, four-door car — parked on the north side of the Jim Dayton diamond — is partially submerged.
Portions of other roads in the city are partially submerged by water, including Thatcher Drive near the Iron Bridge entrance. Thatcher Drive is still passable by vehicles, but the city is encouraging motorists to slow down and exercise caution where water is present.
Residents are also urged to report flooding or other infrastructure issues with the city’s free Request For Service (RFS) app or with the Report an Issue link on the city’s website at www.moosejaw.ca.
