IF CENTRAL AVENUE AT UNIVERSITY BLVD. IS PART OF YOUR DAILY COMMUTE IN ALBUQUERQUE , YOU’LL WANT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY AROUND. THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS A VALVE ALONG EASTBOUND CENTRAL BROKE WEDNESDAY MORNING, FORCING REPAIR CREWS TO CLOSE ONE LANE BETWEEN SYCAMORE AND UNIVERSITY.
UTILITY SPOKESMAN DAVID MORRIS SAYS THIS COMPLICATES THE SITUATION ALONG THAT STRETCH OF CENTRAL. THERE ARE ALREADY LANES CLOSED ON WESTBOUND CENTRAL. THE WATER AUTHORITY IS DOING PIPE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ALONG CENTRAL IN ADVANCE OF THE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT.
MORRIS SAYS IT’S TOO EARLY TO SAY WHEN THIS REPAIR WORK WILL BE COMPLETE.