An eight-inch water pipe rupture has closed roads and affected a dozen homeowners in an Allentown neighborhood, authorities said Thursday.
The water main break happened around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Jerome Street, Taylor Stakes, director of communications and strategic partnerships for the Lehigh County Authority, told lehighvalleylive.com.
The authority shut down Jerome Street — between Cedar and East Kurtz streets — as crews work to repair the break. Customers are expected to experience low pressure or no water during the repairs, the authority said.
No evacuations or injuries were reported as a result of the rupture.
“Crews are finishing repairs right now,” Stakes noted at 10:30 a.m.
He expected work to finish and water to be restored to all customers by 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Roads were expected to reopen in the early afternoon.