Water Main Breaks Cause Problems

TYLER — The City of Tyler had to repair two water main breaks yesterday. Both were unrelated. According to a statement from the city, one was at the 2400 block of Old Bullard Road and the second is near the 700 block of South Broadway. The break on Broadway was an 8” main. The break on Old Bullard is a 6” main.

Officials say there are customers who are without water at this time. The statement says under Ch. 19-36, the city notifies customers if there will be an outage due to scheduled maintenance. Because these are both breakages and not planned maintenance, customers were not notified, according to officials. Service was restored last night.

Tyler police had to divert northbound traffic in the 600 block of South Broadway due to the water main break in that area. Traffic was diverted onto Rowland Place, which brought drivers back onto South Broadway past the problem area.