Fridley Water Dept. Crews Having a Busy 2013

A Fridley resident posted on Facebook on March 6, 2013:

"Major water main break in fridley. Kids need to be picked up from park terrace asap. It's a mess."

Was Wednesday's an especially bad break? Patch asked that of Fridley Public Works Director Jim Kosluchar. His reply by email on March 7:

Not particularly. We did have some additional time involved due to other utilities in the area. I believe the water was off for 2–3 hours in the area along Beech Street. We have had a large number of main breaks and service leaks so far in 2013; including seven total in the last nine days. Crews have been very busy dealing with these.

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