Flood Update 6:05 P.M. 4/1 Road Closures – All road closures remain the same as the last update. Extra police detail officers have been hired…

Wayland Student Press Network 4/1/10:  Space on Ark Limited, Town Begins Random Lottery.  State officials have confirmed that the entire town of Wayland will be under water within a matter of days.  “Residents must evacuate immediately,” said an emergency reverse-911 phone system message. “The tsunami wave will be too large to out-run. We’re strongly advising against using canoes and kayaks to ride it out.”  Town officials have been scrambling to complete an ark, but two political committees debating the issue are having difficulty deciding not only who will get to board the ark, but also how it will be furnished.   [April Fools!]

WBUR 3/31/10:  In Wayland, A Duck Boat to the Rescue.  An amphibious vehicle that normally takes quacking tourists around Boston is taking people to and from their homes along Pelham Island Road, in Wayland.   It’s a duck boat, painted in stars and stripes.  The neighborhood overlooks the Great Meadows National Wildlife refuge, which is home to the Concord River. When the refuge was flooded by the rainstorm that dumped more than seven inches of rain on some parts of the state earlier this week, waters engulfed Pelham Island Road.  So the duck boat came to the rescue.  The town is paying $2400 per day for the duck boat and crew.

NECN 3/31/10: Duck Boats to the rescue!. [With Video] Flooding remains a major concern in Wayland, Massachusetts. The Duck Boats are back at it, helping residents get through the floodwaters. The rain has let up for the most part in town, but the flooding remains. Roads are still closed and cars are still having considerable trouble getting through. Wayland had just recovered from the rains of two weeks ago when this latest storm hit. The Duck Boats will help residents through Friday.

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.

Flood Update – Many people have been concerned about the controlled release of water by the MWRA in Saxonville.   MWRA officials have advise Wayland Emergency…

Fox Boston 3/31/10: Record-high Sudbury River. [Video] Thousands of gallons of water with nowhere to go. The Sudbury River in the Saxonville section of Framingham is already a foot above flood stage. The flooded river is causing big problems down-stream in Wayland.