The rain may be tapering, but public-safety officials are watching and waiting, as rivers and streams continue to rise.
Some roads across the region remain closed. They include:
• In Acton, Estabrook at Route 2A remained closed.
• In Bedford, Railroad Avenue.
• In Billerica, Elsie Avenue and the George Brown Street Bridge remain closed.
• In Concord, Cambridge Turnpike, Pine Street, Sudbury Road at the Nashawtuc Country Club, Westbound Lane of Route 117 is detoured at Verrill Farm.
• In Dunstable, River Street.
• In Groton, Broadmeadow Road
• In Littleton, more than a mile of Route 119, from Beaver Brook Road to the Groton line, is now closed, and expected to remain closed for at least two weeks
• In Tewksbury, Whipple Road at the junction of Brown Street; River Road
• In Wilmington, End of Nichols Street, Phillips Avenue, Canal Street, Federal Street, and Concord; Glen Road at Town Hall, Wildwood Street
• In Lowell, end of Billerica Street.
•In Westford, Bridge Street, Gould Road, and Carlisle Road between Whitney Drive and Applewood Drive.