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Water main leak closes U.S. Highway 101 lane

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, July 18, 2012

By Peninsula Daily News

Port Angeles Public Works Department employee Cody Romero places traffic cones around the spot where an apparent water main break buckled the pavement and began leaking water in one of the westbound lanes of Front Street at Golf Course Road in Port Angeles on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities closed the lane to divert traffic around the break. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles Public Works Department employee Cody Romero places traffic cones around the spot where an apparent water main break buckled the pavement and began leaking water in one of the westbound lanes of Front Street at Golf Course Road in Port Angeles on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities closed the lane to divert traffic around the break. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — A water main leak continued to cause traffic slowdowns late Tuesday afternoon for motorists traveling westbound into Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101.

The break forced the closure of two of three lanes of Front Street for about 1,000 feet and was causing delays where First and Front streets merge at the city limit just east of McDonald’s restaurant, Deputy Chief Brian Smith said.

Cars also were being detoured to turn at Baker Street, Smith said.

City Public Works and Utilities Department personnel were trying to find the source of the problem, the police department said.

“They are unable to tell what the problem is and when they might be able to resolve it,” Smith said.

Traffic had backed up “well beyond” the water main leak earlier in the afternoon but was flowing smoothly by 4:30 p.m., he said.

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