BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor Water District crew toiled all Christmas night in downtown Bangor to fix a leak in an old water pipe that caused some minor flooding on State Street.
The leak was in a service connection to one of the old buildings on State Street, across from the Thomas School of Dance, according to Kyle Killip, assistant engineer with the Bangor Water District. The public works department reported the leak Sunday night, and water district crews came in to begin repairing it. He said there was some water on State Street but that it wasn’t a big problem. Traffic was restricted to one lane of travel in front of Orono Brewing Co., but the city maintained through traffic at all times.
“It was a small crack from some normal ground movement,” Killip said Monday morning. “Public works was working overnight on Christmas night. We have some tired guys, but they’re in good spirits. Hopefully they’ll be out of here soon.”