JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lanes were closed Thursday on Loretto Road for about eight hours as JEA crews worked to repair a leak in a water main that crosses Loretto Road near Old St. Augustine Road.
According to JEA, crews responded to a leaking 6-inch water main Wednesday night, and after they investigated, they found the water main is over 13 feet deep and crosses Loretto Road, just west of Old St. Augustine Road.
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The crew, which was working through the night, found the leak and began making repairs early Thursday morning.
JEA said the pipe was damaged at a fused joint by a communications contractor, which caused the leak.
JEA said that the pipe was fixed just after 6:30 a.m., and full road restoration began at 7:30 a.m. The lanes remained closed while crews restored the road but all lanes reopened just after 1:30 p.m.
The only customers affected by the water outage were St. Joseph’s Historic Church and Cody Enrichment Center at the southwest corner of the intersection. Crews began slowly restoring water pressure to those customers after the leak was repaired.
JEA will be issuing a boil water advisory for those customers.