Afternoon commutes were disrupted Thursday as crews worked to repair a water main break at a major Falcon thoroughfare, according to a news release.
The eastbound and westbound lanes of Woodmen Road were shut down between Highway 24 and Meridian Road after a water pipe burst Thursday afternoon, according to El Paso County spokeswoman Natalie Sosa.
Emergency crews from Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District were on scene, working to repair the rupture, Sosa said.
“At the time, there is no timeline for when the road will be open,” Sosa said. “Motorists are urged to find alternate routes.”
The water main rupture was the second such incident in three weeks.
A water main break continued to upset traffic in Falcon Friday while crews worked to repair a burst pipe, officials said.
Emergency crews from the Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District blocked off eastbound and westbound lanes of Woodmen Road between Highway 24 and Meridian Road Thursday afternoon when the leak began, a county news release said.
The stretch of road remained closed Friday morning, El Paso County spokeswoman Natalie Sosa said. There was no estimation of when the road would be reopened, she added.
The damage followed another water main break several weeks ago when an underground pipe ruptured at the intersection of North Academy Boulevard and Maizeland Road, shutting down traffic from the intersection for a week.