Crime & Safety

Sewage Leak Causes Delays on Malibu Canyon Road

The affected area is between Mulholland Highway and Piuma Road.

Originally posted at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 2014. Edited with new details.

UPDATE at 6:48 p.m.: Lanes have been reopened on Las Virgenes Road between Piuma Road and Mulholland Highway after a full closure due to a sewage leak. Motorists should expect delays, according to Malibu Emergency Services. The pipeline has been shut off, and county Department of Public Works personnel are at the scene. The California Highway Patrol reports the cleanup likely will be a multi- day project.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Malibu-Lost Hills Station reports a large water leak causing traffic delays on Malibu Canyon Road between Mulholland Highway and Piuma Road.

The city of Malibu tweeted the leak is sewage.

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City News Service contributed to this report.

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