Water service restored, road reopens after watermain break in Stittsville
The city councillor for Stittsville says water service in the area has been restored, more than 12 hours after a watermain in the area broke.
Stittsville Main Street was closed between Abbott Street East and Wintergreen Drive due to an infrastructure failure.
Coun. Glen Gower posted to social media just after 8 p.m. Tuesday to say that water service had been restored and the street had reopened.
The watermain broke just before 6 a.m.
"It’s a major watermain running down the middle of Stittsville Main and the break happened in front of Frederick Banting School," Gower said on Facebook.
"City of Ottawa workers were able to stop the water before it turned into a sinkhole situation but there’s still a lot of mud and water near the site. Today they’ll have to dig into the road to determine where the break occurred and then fix it, so they’ll be working well into this evening."
Several businesses closed for the day, he said, including a daycare that sent children home.
City crews working on a broken water main on Stittsville Main Street. July 23, 2024. (Glen Gower/supplied)
Gower said Tuesday afternoon that he stopped by the area just before 2 p.m. to observe ongoing work.
"Work is progressing well. City crews have excavated a large hole in the middle of Stittsville Main Street and they’ve located the break in the pipe. They’ll be doing more excavation and repairing it with a section of plastic pipe. Then they have to flush out all the connecting lines and fill the hole back in."
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