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Otonabee Conservation and Lower Trent Conservation have issued flood watches for the Trent-Severn Waterway and its surrounding waterbodies and the Trent River.

Otonabee Conservation warns flooding is possible for the Kawartha Lakes from the Tri-Lakes (Buckhorn, Pigeon and Chemong) eastward to the Otonabee and Trent Rivers and Rice Lake.

Otonabee Conservation says with colder temperatures this week, along with a lack of ice cover on the Otonabee River, there is a chance for frazil ice, which could lead to flooding.

Otonabee Conservation warns the continuous melt of snow and ice over the next four days will result in higher water levels and flows of local rivers, streams and creeks.

Kawartha Conservation says flows and water levels are within 'seasonal range,' yet forecasted rain and snowmelt will produce 'localized runoff and elevated water levels.'

The City of Peterborough says a new Route 12 Otonabee serving the southeast end of the city will begin on Jan. 2.

Peterborough County OPP say two vehicles were clocked travelling 148 km/h in a posted 80 km/zone in the area of Highway 7 and Highway 28 south of the Peterborough early Thursday.

OPP say in one incident, a high-speed vehicle nearly rear-ended a police cruiser on patrol on Keene Road in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.

A section of Hwy. 7 was closed between Hwy. 28 and County Road 38 on Tuesday evening following a three-vehicle collision. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

Peterborough County OPP say just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Crowley Line in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township.

On Wednesday, business and community supporters gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the installation of 110 solar panels on the historic Lake Edge Cottages.

OPP say early Sunday a vehicle struck a police cruiser in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township. It was one of three impaired driving incidents in a 12-hour span on the weekend.

Peterborough County OPP say one of the drivers suffered minor injuries in the three-vehicle collision, which closed the north-south lanes of the County Road 28 roundabout.

Up to 15 mm of rainfall is expected Thursday evening in the Peterborough area. Another 30 to 35mm is expected on Sunday into Monday, prompting officials to issue a flood watch.

On the weekend, Peterborough County OPP made two impaired driving arrests for boaters on Crystal Lake.

Heavy rains cause a number of roads in Peterborough's south and central areas to be closed Thursday night due to flooding. Up to 23 millimetres fell. 

The Hunter Street bridge was closed to traffic and pedestrians for a brief period on Wednesday afternoon but has since reopened.

Police say a 19-year-old who went into the Otonabee River on Sunday evening failed to resurface. His body was located by firefighters an hour later.

On Monday night, city council endorsed a staff report that recommends reducing all school zone speed limits to 40 kilometres per hour (km/h) or 30 km/h, depending on the street.

The City of Peterborough says the bridge approach repairs by Dufferin Construction is expected to be completed this fall.