The county commissioners voted Wednesday to ask Gov. Paul LePage and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for help on behalf of private road owners faced with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage from flash floods last week.

Many spectators said they were glad the celebration stayed in town after months of debate over moving it to another community.

Many camp owners found creative ways to access their property this weekend, while officials said they still aren’t sure how repairs estimated to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars will be paid for.

With hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to private roads in the unorganized territory, officials, including the Maine Emergency Management Association, said Friday options are limited despite emergency access concerns.

Residents said they hope to stall a planned lowering of water level next week, but an official with the project and the head of Maine’s Sierra Club chapter said benefits of dam removal geberally outweigh potential concerns.

Some residents of townships west of U.S. Route 201 are trapped by washouts that may cost up to $200,000 to repair, and officials are concerned about emergency access in the county’s remote northwest.