Hoboken Water Main Break Near PATH Station (VIDEOS)

HOBOKEN, NJ -- Another water main break took place in Hoboken on Tuesday near the PATH station, the latest in an ongoing string of such incidents.

Tuesday evening's break - which forced commuters to navigate across a lagoon of water on Hudson Place - also left several local streets closed, city officials said:

• Hudson Street is closed from 2nd Street south
• Hudson Place
• River Street from Hudson to 2nd
• Newark Street from River to Washington

The break caused issues at the Hoboken Bus Terminal, NJ Transit reported:

"Hoboken Bus Terminal is currently closed due to increased pedestrian traffic caused by a water main break located at Hudson Street and Hudson Place. Bus service will originate/terminate at Washington St. and Observer Highway, Hoboken."

Port Authority officials advised commuters to use the Hoboken Lackawanna entrance to enter and exit the station.

Tuesday's main break by the PATH station came just hours after Mayor Ravinder Bhalla announced a series of breaks over the past months - 14 in 64 days - have reached "emergency" proportions.

Municipal officials plan to file a lawsuit against Suez to recoup "damages to the city," Bhalla said. The mayor added that he wants to work with the City Council to "re-bid the work being done by Suez."

• See related article: Hoboken May File Suit Against Suez After 14 Water Main Breaks

Suez Water representatives have pointed out that the city's aging infrastructure may mean things get worse before they get better.

Rich Henning, senior vice president of communications with Suez Water, provided Patch with the following statement on Tuesday:

"Hoboken's water infrastructure is over a century-old in many places, and unless Mayor Bhalla stops pointing fingers and starts investing in the system the problems residents are facing will continue to get worse, not better. The City of Hoboken owns the system and is ultimately responsible for making investments necessary for improving it, and SUEZ has proposed making major investments into it several times in the past only to have the city continue to neglect its infrastructure needs."

See videos and photos of Tuesday's break near the PATH station below.

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