Heron Line from Big Pointe Road to Jacob Road remains closed following the failure of an eight metre section of dike Sunday afternoon.
Tim Dick, Chatham-Kent director of drainage, asset and waste management said the municipality mobilized a contractor to the site and a temporary dam was in place by dusk.
Dick said the dike separated two different municipal drainage systems and the water from one flowed into the other. As a result, no farmland was flooded.
Additional material is being applied to the section of the dike today to complete the repair.
The cause of the breach wasn’t immediately apparent.
– Photo credit: Municipality of Chatham-Kent
