Wayland Town Crier 3/31/10: Framingham, Wayland brace for record-high Sudbury River (with video). Riverfront towns distributed sandbags, switched on pumps and began closing roads yesterday as regional waterways again rose toward major flood stage, with some projected to reach record height. Water did crawl over Wayland's section of Rte. 20, which was reopened recently after previous flooding closed it for more than a week. With the new threat, police shut down one lane from the town center east to the Weston border in the afternoon, but still hoped to keep the other open at least long enough for the evening commute. To the southwest, the swollen Sudbury River and a tributary began cutting off Wayland's Pelham Island neighborhood, with residents warned to move their cars to a downtown lot. The town ran a school bus as a shuttle, planning to replace it today with the Boston Duck Tours service that proved popular the last time around. Along the Sudbury, a number of roads remained closed from the previous flood. While the state talked about placing sandbags and pumps to protect Rte. 20 in Wayland this time, the idea proved impractical, Swanick said. With the thoroughfare facing a new closure, the town library remained closed because of flooding and the police station continued to run on generator power.