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Chelsea has extended its state of emergency for another 10 days as cleanup continues after the “remnants of Debby” storm system swept through the national capital area Friday.
“Considering the current situation and the extent of the damage to its territory … the Chelsea municipal council unanimously passed a resolution to extend the local state of emergency across its entire territory,” a brief news release on the town’s website read Monday.
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Officials in Chelsea, north of Gatineau, had said Sunday that recovery work was continuing and going well, although there was much work left to do.
The original state of emergency had been declared Saturday and had been scheduled to end Monday morning.
Chelsea spokesperson Ghislaine Grenier said in an email on the weekend that the emergency measures mainly intended to “allow us to carry out recovery work as quickly as possible with our public works team but also by renting equipment and hiring contractors in order to ensure the safety of citizens whose properties are enclosed by sunken paths.”
Grenier said that most of the population is able to travel around the district “with caution.”
She said the municipality has had to temporarily restore the roads in order to ensure the safety of citizens. More permanent work will be done later.
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