A section of Portage Avenue was closed late Wednesday afternoon after the road buckled.
In a tweet the Winnipeg police said the median and centre lanes of Portage Avenue westbound at Donald St. had closed due road buckling.
READ: Pavement buckles from heat in south Winnipeg
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The city blamed the heat for a similar problem on a section of road on Scurfield Boulevard, where the pavement had shifted, then heaved in the afternoon sun, Tuesday.
It’s not clear what caused the problems on Portage.
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