The City of Janesville is starting to evacuate homes in preparation for this weekend's flooding.
City Manager Steve Sheiffer says as of Thursday night, the city evacuated 14 homes on Joseph Street. The city is also filling 13,000 sandbags and placing pallets of the sandbags at the City Services Center, Transit Maintenance Building, Rockport Park near the pool, the Ice Arena parking lot and the Wall Street parking lot on the east side of Parker Drive. Sheiffer says the river wall near Hedberg Public Library is one of the areas that could be breached, although the Janesville Performing Arts Center appears to be safe. The bridge the city is most concerned about is the Centerway bridge, although all bridges have been recently inspected and are being monitored.
City officials will be meeting throughout the weekend and monitoring the Rock River and areas of localized flooding.
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