Service has been restored after a contractor working to install fiber knocked water out to 18 meters and five fire hydrants on Tuesday.
A notice saying the repair work had been completed was sent out just after 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon after an estimated four-hour interruption at Pope Road just past the Newton Drive intersection.
An official with the Durham Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call from Ansco & Associates alleging that workers with New Technologies had damaged the water main.
AT&T confirmed in a statement to WCHL that one of the company’s contractors broke a water line while working to expand the new fiber network in Chapel Hill. AT&T apologized for the inconvenience.
Fiber installation has been occurring in the Triangle with AT&T and Google working to bring gigabit internet service to the area.
The Motessori Community School was impacted by the outage as well. A message on the school’s facebook page said that the school was forced to close for the day due to the damage.
OWASA has just informed us that a water line was broken by AT&T contractors working in the area. All water west… https://t.co/2dDjewug6J
— Montessori Community (@MCSDurham) March 8, 2016
A notice from OWASA says a paving contractor has been scheduled to install the finish layer of asphalt.
No citation was issued, according to law enforcement, but a report of damage was recorded.
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