Route 44 Reopens in Taunton

April 6, 2010 - Taunton - A major thoroughfare in Taunton that was closed for several days due to the flood has reopened. According to reports at Wicked Local Dighton, Route 44 and Dean Street were reopened late on Sunday after being closed for days.

This is good news for Taunton residents and others in the nearby area, who have been stranded at home and unable to get to work. Several local businesses told Wicked Local that they suffered extensive property damage in the flood. The damage was especially severe along Dean Street. These business owners report that they will need to replace nearly the entire contents of their offices, including office furniture, carpets and other fixtures.

Clean-up crews are also navigating the streets of Taunton to try to get things back to normal working order. Teams of sanitation workers are working on overflowed sewers and street sweepers are cleaning up debris on the roadways. Now that all the roads in Taunton are reopened, emergency management crews expect that the clean-up process will go smoothly.