One of Prince Rupert's busiest thoroughfares saw some slowing traffic on Tuesday, that as four lanes turned to two as City of Prince Rupert crews took to their work to address a water-main issue underneath the eastern side of the street not far from Saanich Plumbing and Heating.
The water-main situation appeared to develop in the overnight period leading into Tuesday morning, with city crews on site early to begin to explore the situation fully.
A short update on Tuesday morning provided the traffic alert for city residents travelling to and from the downtown core, though so far no further updates have been provided related to the work underway.
All things considered, traffic flowed fairly well through the day Tuesday, though some drivers chose to explore work arounds away from the construction zone.
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Along McBride Street there was work done a few years ago around 8th and McBride, from there we moved up the road to 6th Street about a year later. Two years ago we dug up the block by the liquor store. Now we have a major water main break at 4th and McBride.
ReplyDeleteThe question I would like to be asked at the next council meeting is this the same line. The amount of emergency work this city does on infrastructure is not normal. Unplanned work is very costly and usually not efficient. The city council doesn't seem concerned. That I find upsetting.
I sure hope the city fixes this leak in a timely fashion. The businesses in the area are severely impacted.
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