Updated at 5:05 a.m., Friday, January 19, 2007
Water break closes 'Ewa-bound lanes on Nimitz
Advertiser Staff
Morning commuters are urged to avoid Nimitz Highway between Bethel and Bishop Street until a lateral pipe an offshoot of a water main can be repaired by the Board of Water Supply.The lateral was ruptured at 3:25 a.m. by contracted construction crew this morning.
A BWS official said the lateral was ruptured when the work crew inadvertently cut too deep into the cement.
The ruptured pipe has left just one building at 122 Halekauwila St. without water.
It is not known how long it will take to fix the pipe.