NORTHAMPTON — After hours of repairs on the intersection of King Street and Damon Road following a water main break Wednesday afternoon, the roads were cleared for travel once again approximately 24 hours later, the mayor’s office reported.
The break occurred at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, causing severe traffic delays and loss of water service to many on King Street, a street with many commercial businesses on it. Traffic on Damon Road was redirected to nearby Industrial Drive, while drivers on Bridge Road and King Street were unable to access Damon Road. Though scheduled construction work had been occurring in the area right before the break occurred, the official cause remains under investigation.
The Northampton Department of Public Works worked late into the night to restore water service, which was restarted sometime after midnight Thursday, according to the mayor’s office.
But Damon Road remained closed for drivers coming from King Street as late as Thursday afternoon, as work continued to be done to refill and repave the road once water service had been restored.
That work was contracted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to Gagliarducci Construction, the same company that had been scheduled to do lighting and sidewalk improvement along the area before the water main break.
