And while the weather and flooding situation remains dynamic, the road closure was a major inconvenience to hundreds of road users on Saturday. The Chief engineer takes responsibility for it and apologized:
Evondale Moody, Chief Engineer
"I would be the first as the chief engineer, the lead technical person for the ministry. I would definitely like to apologize that we had to close the highway. However, the rainfall event that occurred was beyond my control, was beyond anybody's control. We took it in an interest and an abundance of safety to not allow people to pass through that area because of the high velocity flow that was passing there. I mean, I was out there, Jules and I when vehicle by vehicle turning vehicles, but informing them that they could not pass. Because we were more concerned about the safety of the public. Yes, definitely. I will take responsibility for the closure because I was the one that initiated the closure. However, what occurred over the weekend? Only the good Lord hs control of that."
