Water Main Break Interrupts Rush Hour In Ft Lauderdale

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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) -- A ruptured water main caused headaches for Ft. Lauderdale drivers, causing a precautionary advisory for residents in the area.

Crews are working on a 42-inch sewer main that broke in the parking lot of George English Park at 1101 Bayview Drive.

The city, along with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, issued a precautionary advisory urging residents to avoid water-related activities in the area, including swimming, fishing, or jet-skiing in the Middle River, Rio Barcelona, Intracoastal waterway and Northern Las Olas Isles water bodies.

Traffic was diverted as water flooded the parking lot and the surrounding area.

Drivers traveling on Sunrise Blvd have been restricted from going north on Bayview Drive.

Drivers traveling south on Bayview Drive were detoured east on N.E. 11th Street.

For more information, contact the City of Fort Lauderdale 24-hour Customer Service Center at (954) 828-8000 or visit: http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/lauderserv