Water Service & Traffic Advisory – Balcomes Drive area – Water Main Repair
(April 4, 2022) Halifax Water crews are on-site undertaking an emergency water main repair on Balcomes Drive – St. Margaret’s Bay Road and the Chocolate Lake area. Water service will be temporarily shut down in the surrounding area, including Ferndale Drive. There is no estimate of service restoration time.
Balcomes Drive is currently closed to traffic between civic addresses 9 to 19, so crews can safely complete this work.
Customers in the area may experience discoloured water during/following this repair. It is recommended that those customers run the COLD water at one faucet until the water runs clear. To learn more about discoloured water and report it, please visit www.halifaxwater.ca/discoloured-water<www.halifaxwater.ca/discoloured-water>.
Motorists should expect delays and use alternate routes. Motorists are also reminded that speed fines double in work zones.
We apologize for any inconvenience this necessary infrastructure repair work may cause.
For the safety of work crews and residents, please observe social/physical distancing requirements (2 metres of separation).
For more information on Halifax Water, please check www.halifaxwater.ca<www.halifaxwater.ca#_blank>, visit us on YouTube, or Twitter @HalifaxWater, Facebook, or call our Customer Care Centre at 902-420-9287.
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