It’s been almost one week since torrential rain washed flash flood waters across many New Brunswick roads and properties and the damage is still easy to find.
Mackenzie Smith says her front yard in Belleisle, N.B. became a waterfall last week.
When that waterfall went away, she discovered that some of her property went along with it.
“Probably about 10 to 15 feet…so we’re just waiting on permits to see who, if we need to fix it, and if it’s us that will fix it or DOT,” says Smith.
New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization won't say, at this point, how many homeowners have contacted them to register flood damage, but they do say they are still taking calls.
The EMO says information from those calls will determine if a disaster financial assistance program is needed.
The provincial government is not willing to estimate openly how much it will cost for all the repairs; however, many homeowners are adding up the damage on their own property.
“The storm ripped up our driveway, that’s going to be a couple thousand dollars to fix,” says Smith.
A total of 36 roads are still listed as being closed to emergency vehicles and several other roads are down to only one lane in portions.
“They haven't been fixed for the last 40 years, so really that’s what’s happening,” says resident Willard Chatwin.
The province says its focus right now is to repairs roads that are causing lengthy detours.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Nick Moore
