SWAMPSCOTT — Several roads have been shut down and there’s been multiple cars stuck after coastal flooding.
Humphrey Street from the Lynn line down to Monument Avenue is shut down, along with Puritan Road at Eisman’s Beach. Atlantic Road from the Marblehead line down to Beach Bluff Avenue was shut down, but the town has since reopened Atlantic and blocked off Beach Bluff from Atlantic up to Mostyn Street, according to Gino Cresta, department of public works director and assistant town administrator.
Cresta said Atlantic was worst at the Marblehead line where sand and stone had been pushed onto the roadway.
He said the seawall intact on Humphrey Street but the water is not receding, or draining, as the tide is still above the outfall pipe (high tide was at 12:40 p.m.) so water is not going into the storm drains.
Fire Chief Kevin Breen said multiple cars have been stuck as a result of the flooding, including one on Humphrey Street by Kings Beach Terrace and another on Puritan Road by Eisman’s Beach.
To tackle the storm, Cresta said he has 15 DPW trucks out, along with 20 contractors. The town is responsible for plowing 50 miles of roadway. He said clean-up will also involve removing all the snow from gutters and storm drains.
“If we don’t remove all the snow from the roadway by midday tomorrow, everything is going to freeze up,” Cresta said. “We’re going to work right through the night to remove the snow. My goal is to hopefully have this all cleaned up by midnight tonight and have this all salted up.”
More storm coverage
Photos: The first major storm of 2018 lashes the North Shore
Videos: Floodwater pours into Lynn as storm bears down on the coast
