 not stable for traffic to be returned to the bridge. The County Road 9 bridge is still closed to traffic. A new report is asking the City of St. Paul to acknowledge the displacement of families from the Westside Flats neighborhood decades ago and take steps to invest in the community. Westside Flats was across the Mississippi River from downtown. After flooding in the 50s, government agencies demolished hundreds of homes and businesses and replaced them with an industrial park with flood protection.