Elk Point’s latest sewer repair on Railway Street has been completed, with council also hearing that spring flooding remains a possibility if warm weather arrives quickly.

The update was included in the manager of operations report at the March 9 council meeting.

CAO Darrell Lessmeister told council the Railway Street sewer issue had been fixed after crews found not one but two breaks in the line.

“They did find the one initial break and then they did the repair,” he said. “They put the cameras on both ways and they found a second one and they did that repair.”

In total, roughly 30 feet of pipe was repaired.

The line is still scheduled for lining work later, but council heard that process did not work well during cold weather this winter.

“We found really that this year during doing the cold weather did not work very well at all,” Lessmeister said.

He added that modern camera equipment helped crews locate the breaks more precisely, which meant less digging than would have been needed in the past.

“That technology is worth it if you don’t have to dig up 30 feet or 60 feet and trying to find where that break is,” he said.

Flood risk depends on how fast melt comes

Council also spoke about heavy snowpack and the possibility of spring runoff problems in the usual trouble spots, including Main Street.

“At this point we haven’t seen that goes through,” Lessmeister said, “but there could be a chance of flooding down Main Street again.”

He said catch basins will need close attention during freeze-thaw conditions so they do not ice over and block drainage.

Despite the winter pressures, council also shared positive feedback from residents about snow clearing efforts.

One councillor said a member of the public had asked that thanks be passed along to public works.

“They felt that they were doing a good job,” council heard, referring to staff handling what was described as a record snow year.