Southbound lanes closed on Washington Boulevard due to water main break, Jersey City NJ
Road ClosureSouthbound lanes on Washington Boulevard in Jersey City are closed due to a water main break causing flooding. Traffic is being diverted to Second Street. Repairs are expected to take about 48 hours or longer.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Thank you. Just be advised that southbound lane on Washington is going to be shut down.
00:08
They have a big flood here.
00:10
With the water main break,
00:13
the OA is in contact with MUA.
00:15
They're going to send somebody out.
00:17
So right now at the moment, we're going to have southbound on Washington shutdown.
00:21
All traffic is being diverted and left down on Second Street.
00:26
All right.
00:28
Sojourn.
00:31
Sergeant, southbound on Washington is going to be redirected down to Second Street, westbound.
00:37
Okay, I got it.
00:39
All right.
00:44
Yeah, he's to the sergeant.
00:46
That's for us.
00:53
All right, let me see that.
00:58
Go to 1041 on the time your file number is (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:06
(number withheld).
01:11
CIC Channel 3, CIC, Channel 3, CIC, Channel 3.
01:19
Let's see I'm on the phone with the sergeant.
01:20
What do you got? All right, boss, just letting you know, Washington Boulevard southbound is going to be shut down for this water main break.
01:26
The deferring traffic up 2nd Street now.
01:28
All right, John, thanks for the update.
01:31
And from the unit, that looks like it's going to be a long in duration.
01:34
It's going to go into the next shift.
01:36
Probably. I think they just found a leak now, so it looks like it's going to go.
01:42
Okay,
01:43
I'll advise my relief, but we're going to continue to use under the police.
01:50
Okay,
01:53
he's due to the city commander.
01:56
It's going to take approximately 48 hours, maybe more from the deal earlier.
02:01
Yeah.
02:04
City commander, you said 48 hours?
02:07
That's what's been.
02:10
All right, we see they'll make an official notification, thanks.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
2nd St & Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
