The Virginian-Pilot
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NORFOLK
Monticello Avenue has reopened this morning after a water main break at 24th Street that flooded the nearby railroad underpass in 6 feet of water Wednesday evening.
The road reopened shortly after 8 a.m., said Harry Kenyon, a spokesman for the city's Department of Utilities.
Shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday, the line broke, gushing water from the 30-inch water line that serves western Norfolk and the naval base, Kenyon said.
Customers served by the main had low water pressure until crews could get to the valve shut-off and move the water into alternative lines in the system, re-establishing the water pressure, he said.
Repairs to the 30-inch line continued through the night.
Monticello Avenue was closed to traffic between 21st and Granby/Church streets while the crews worked.
Crews will have to excavate around the part of the line that broke to find the cause and make a permanent repair, Kenyon said.
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cowabunga!
What a rush!
Hmmm.....
You'd think infrastructure improvements in this very old city might be a little more of a priority. But the city's CURRENT government spends too much time and money giving property tax breaks to developers (thinking that they will somehow recoup those losses) and making idiotic moves like moving the 2nd precinct (at the city's cost) to make room for another Wal-Mart. Ignorance is bliss, and we have some happy people directing Norfolk's future!
Any explanation about why the line broke?
I saw stacks of pipe in the background of some of the TV coverage. Was there some construction taking place in the area? Was it a private/commercial project or city utility work? I'm wondering if somebody hit the line or it shifted when a trench was excavated nearby.
With water and sewer lines along every street in the city and gas lines along most of them it's amazing there aren't more breaks.
Nah.
They have a train to build. The heck with needed city services.