Water main break floods and damages road near S 18th St, Escanaba MI
Road ClosureA water main broke near North 18th Street causing flooding and pushing the road surface up by about two feet. The damage includes a large crack and displaced soil under the road. Public works and the water department responded, and the road will be closed due to the damage.
Audio|Source: Delta County Law, Fire and EMS
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Can you check near North 18th Street?
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Someone in the area said that there's a bunch of water flooding into the roadway. He doesn't know if there's a main water break.
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Can you just advise if I need to call the water department out?
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So what...
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I'm 37. I'll be in there.
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Okay.
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That's row 6637.
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It's definitely a water main week.
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The entire road is pushed up about two feet,
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large crack, all the under dirt is pushed out from it. So we have water department and public works because this road's going to be needed to be shut down.
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That's on.
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Fortinet 37, you need more units over there for traffic until we get there?
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No, I think we should be good.
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It's a part of their new construction,
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so it's already semi-blocked off.
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Near S 18th St, Escanaba, MI 49829
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