East Village Water Main Break Causes Flooding, Road Closures
A water main break is causing flooding in the East Village in downtown San Diego at the intersection of 11th Avenue and A Street, and on the ramp from SR 163 to Fourth Avenue, the San Diego Police Department said.
City officials say a water main broke around 3:30 p.m. Sunday when road crews were working on the area. The cause of the water break is not immediately known, SDPD said.
Caltrans San Diego says the connector ramps from the 163 northbound to Interstate-5 are all closed and traffic southbound is down to one lane.
There are also several traffic lights out in the surrounding blocks. SDG&E trucks are working on fixing them, but NBC 7 hasn't been able to confirm that the outages were caused by the water main break.
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The owner of the shell gas station at this major intersection, Karen Brown, says she had no choice but to shut down all the pumps once water dripped into the underground fuel tanks.
"Obviously cost us a lot of money every time we have to shut down and I have to have somebody come suck all the water out of all the pumps," Brown said. "It's interesting trying to watch them all try to figure out how to shut it off. Nobody's had success yet."
City officials have not yet released the exact cause of the break, and say the number of water customers affected is still not known. Crews from the City's Public Utilities Department are in the process of shutting it down. Water wagons for customers to receive water are at 11th Avenue and B Street and at Ash and 10th Avenue, city officials said.
The public is asked to avoid the area if possible while work continues.
As of 9:40 p.m., city officials say the estimated time for the water shut off is in two hours, but could be longer.
No other information was immediately available.
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