Atlanta Watershed Reveals Cause of Water Main Break in Buckhead, City Orders Emergency Road Closure – WSB-TV Channel 2

The break took place near Lenox Square, at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Kingsboro Road.

Although water services have been restored to residents, the work is not complete.

As of 10:30 p.m., the Atlanta Department of Transportation implemented a road closure on a portion of Lakeside Drive NE to Sims Avenue NE to Kingsboro Road NE.

Micheal Doudna from Channel 2 I spoke with a resident who described to me what the water main break looked like.

“It reminded me of a river. It looked like a river flowing down the street,” said resident Molly Braswell.

The water poured brown water into the street, carrying water into five apartment complexes.

Doudna also spoke earlier Thursday with a resident who hoped the water would be restored soon.

“We don’t have any water right now. We hope to have some later today,” Yaar said.

Fortunately, water services were restored around 8:30 p.m.

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Residents have expressed concern that this water main break could play out similar to a series of breaks in June that put much of Atlanta under boil water advisories for several days.

According to a presentation by the Watershed Management Department to city council members last December, 444 miles (16 percent) of the city’s water mains are 75 years old or older.

The watershed management did not immediately know how old the water pipe that burst today was.

The Atlanta Department of Transportation said the road will remain closed until repairs are complete and provided the following detours that are in place to help ease traffic:

• Southbound on Lakeside Dr NE – Turn right onto Kingsboro Rd NE, turn left onto Oak Valley Rd NE, turn left onto Wright Ave NE, turn left onto Lakeside Dr NE
• Eastbound on Kingsboro Rd NE – Turn right onto Roxboro Rd, turn right onto Sims Ave NE
• Westbound on Kingsboro Rd NE – Turn left onto Oak Valley Rd NE, turn left onto Wright Ave NE, turn left onto Lakeside Dr NE
• Eastbound on Wright Ave NE – Turn left onto Lakeside Ave NE, turn right onto Sims Ave NE, turn left onto Roxboro Rd, turn left onto Kingsboro Rd
• Westbound on Wright Ave NE – Turn right onto Oak Valley Rd NE, turn right onto Kingsboro Rd NE

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