{"id":514267,"date":"2026-03-04T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514267\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:41:10","slug":"water-main-break-prompts-boil-water-advisory-in-plateau-mont-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514267\/","title":{"rendered":"Water main break prompts boil-water advisory in Plateau-Mont-Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A water main rupture in Montreal\u2019s Plateau-Mont-Royal has led to a boil-water advisory for residents. <\/p>\n<p>City officials issued the precautionary notice following Tuesday\u2019s break involving a 20-inch pipe on De Lorimier Avenue. Authorities have not provided a timeline for when the advisory will be lifted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/boil-water-advisory-in-Montreals-east-end-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471127\"  \/>Water boil advisory sign on a door near a  a water main break on  De Lorimier Ave. in Montreal on March 4, 2026. (Martin Daigle, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The break forced the closure of De Lorimier between Masson Street and Saint-Joseph Boulevard as crews worked to contain flooding and secure the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/boil-water-advisory-in-Montreals-east-end-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471129\"  \/>Workers surround a water main break on  De Lorimier Ave. in Montreal on March 4, 2026. (Martin Daigle, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>Municipal teams are carrying out emergency repairs, while the\u00a0Montreal police (SPVM)\u00a0is managing traffic around the closure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/boil-water-advisory-in-Montreals-east-end-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471132\"  \/>Street blocked near a water main break on  De Lorimier Ave. in Montreal on March 4, 2026. (Martin Daigle, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the rupture has not been determined. <\/p>\n<p>Residents in affected sectors are advised to bring tap water to a rolling boil for at least one minute before consuming it or using it for cooking, until further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A water main rupture in Montreal\u2019s Plateau-Mont-Royal has led to a boil-water advisory for residents. City officials issued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-514267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}