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UPDATE: Police re-open road following cleanup incident

Perth County OPP have re-opened a stretch of a local road following a closure for a cleanup incident.

Police shared via X, formerly Twitter, that Perth Road 147 was closed between Perth Line 72 and Perth Line 75 near Atwood just after 10 a.m. on April 8.

The reason for the closure was simply stated as "incident and cleanup" by the OPP. 

More details as they are made available.

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