Flooded roadway and damaged barricade near Route 78 and Route 203

Heard on: Services Columbia County Highway Department

00:52

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00:00

Yeah, just want to let you know I took that barricade and moved it up to the intersection with Route 203.

00:04

We got tractor trailers coming down here and trying to turn around very hard.

00:10

Yeah, boy.

00:16

(name withheld), you moved that barricade already?

00:24

Yes, I did.

00:25

I left the barrels down by the water, but I moved the barricade up so the tractor trailers aren't coming down here and getting stuck.

00:33

Ten four, thank you.

00:37

If you guys can get around to the other side though, that barricade's been hit twice.

00:41

It needs to be put back in the middle of the road and some barrels put on.

00:43

People are going around it, driving through the water.

00:49

10-4, we'll head back that way.

00:51

We're out on 78 right now.

7/29/2026 01:39 PM

Road Closure

NY-203, Austerlitz, NY 12017

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, road crews report a flooded section of roadway where drivers are going around a barricade and driving through water. They moved the barricade up to the Route 203 intersection to keep tractor trailers from coming down and getting stuck; the barricade was hit twice and needs to be repositioned with additional barrels.