{"id":190598,"date":"2026-05-12T22:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/190598\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:38:16","slug":"testing-planned-for-scranton-flood-protection-and-warning-systems-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/190598\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing planned for Scranton flood protection and warning systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you hear sirens on Friday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/section\/lackawanna-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Scranton;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Scranton&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Scranton<\/a>, there&#8217;s no need to fret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But you may want to still check your route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The city will test its flood protection systems and warning sirens Friday between roughly \u00a09 a.m. and 2 p.m..<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They will test the emergency levee closure system first, which might cause some traffic disruptions. Expect delays at:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Parker Street bridge between Amelia Avenue and Carter Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sanderson Avenue bridge between Race Street and Detty Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Albright Avenue bridge between Court Street and Meylert Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Poplar Street bridge between Sanderson Avenue and 7th Avenue<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Olive Street bridge between Gordon Avenue and Love Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Siren testing will happen in the early afternoon. The two flood sirens that will be tested are near the intersections of Shawnee Avenue and Dean Street and near the Scranton Co-Op Farmers&#8217; Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you hear sirens on Friday in Scranton, there&#8217;s no need to fret. But you may want to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84934,178,180,179,84935],"class_list":["post-190598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-flood-protection","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-warning-sirens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}