Hoboken Suffers Water Main Break During Water Main Work

HOBOKEN, NJ — Due to construction that began Tuesday to replace a new water main on Garden Street between 12th and 13th Street, a contractor broke the existing water main — according to the city of Hoboken — causing approximately 150 residents to temporarily lose access to water on Friday afternoon.

Suez would conduct repairs to restore water access as soon as possible, the city said in an alert at 3:24 p.m. Friday.

Starting this past Monday, the city of Hoboken began the first phase of its water main replacement project, which will ultimately replace a total of 15 blocks, or 7,000 linear feet of Hoboken’s oldest water mains, including road repaving, and green infrastructure improvements.

As of April 2020, more than 4,000 linear feet of new water main has been installed and 150 service lines replaced as part of Phase I of this project, the city said.

Construction activities scheduled for this Monday through Friday included the following:

• Monday through Wednesday: Bloomfield Street between Second and Fourth Street will be closed at times between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. for installation of new water main and for pressure testing and sampling of the new water main.
• Tuesday through Friday: Garden Street between 12th and 14th Street will be closed at times between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the installation of a new water main.

In 2019, the city entered into a contract with Suez Water that now provides for $33 million in water main upgrades through 2034, with an average of $2.2 million invested every year. More information about the water infrastructure upgrades project is available here.

The project's completion, with final paving, is expected this summer.

The city has suffered several water main breaks over the last few years, hence the need for repairs.

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