Water outage impacting residents, traffic in southeast Albuquerque - KRQE News 13

Water outage impacting residents, traffic in southeast Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(KRQE) – A broken and leaking water valve led to an emergency water outage for residents and businesses in southeast Albuquerque on Thursday.

The outage is impacting residents and businesses on both sides of Central Ave. NE between Pennsylvania Street SE and Charleston Street SE and on Dallas Street SE between Chico Road NE and Zuni Road SE.

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Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority crews began excavating to remove and replace the valve at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday and anticipate having water restored by later this afternoon or Friday morning, June 21.

During this work, the right hand lane of westbound Central Ave. NE will be closed from Pennsylvania Street NE to the west of Charleston Street NE.