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More than 30 Newton Roads Remain Closed or Partially Closed

Parts of West Newton appear to have been hit the hardest with power outages, but trees are down all over the city.


View Hurricane Sandy Outages Newton in a larger map
 

Two days after Hurricane Sandy hit Newton, 33 streets remain closed or partially closed due to trees and large branches down in the roadway. 

According to information sent from the mayor's office Wednesday afternoon, the closed roads are spread throughout the city, with a large group in West Newton and another cluster in Newton Upper Falls and Newton Highlands. 

To view the closed streets, see the map above. If the map does not appear at first, refresh the page. 

During a press conference yesterday at City Hall, Mayor Setti Warren and city department heads assured residents that crews are out working "aggressively" to remove tree limbs from streets

Warren also urged residents to take caution when walking around and picking up debris, especially tonight during Halloween trick-or-treating, as some branches and trees could be energized due to downed wires.

In addition to the road closures, several intersections have lost power and traffic lights are blinking or four-way stop signs have been set up. Some of these intersections include Ward Street and Waverley Avenue, Derby Street and Cherry Street, Brookline Street and Dedham Street and Winchester Street and Dedham Street. 

As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, 3,268 NSTAR customers in Newton were still without power, according to NSTAR's outage map. This amounts to 8.6 percent of the total NSTAR customers in Newton.

NSTAR's website estimates that power will be restored to Newton by late Thursday night.

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A full list of the closed/partially closed streets is below (as of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday). Or, check out the map above this story.

Walnut Street
Mill Street
Taft Street
Dexter Road
Fessenden
Schofield
Adeline Road
Margaret Road
Jerome
Columbia
Hyde Ave
Fessenden
Circuit Ave
Central St
Locksley Rd
Rowena Rd
Ridge Ave
Roundwood Rd
Whiteoak St
Hickory Cliff St
Brewster Rd
Emerald St.
Ascenta Ter
Dartmouth St
Fairmont St
Bonnybrook Rd
Park Street
Converse Street
Caroline Park
Old Farm Rd
Prospect Street
Clark Road
Garland Road
Related Topics: Hurricane Sandy, Newton City Hall, and Sandy

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