Road work cuts water line

When the Swagger crew was initially cutting the roadway and drainage through the C Bar property, they inadvertently struck the town's water main and as efforts were taken to fix the damage, a cascading effect began to occur.

At Tuesday morning's workshop, Mayor Karla Brandeburg explained the situation to her council, saying, "They dug it up and because the fittings were old...when they put a coupling in there and turned the water back on, it blew [one of the elbows in the line], fixed this [one]...and blew this [other]line...We were afraid that if we turned it back on again, it would blow [a] valve, which would really have caused us problems."

With the water shut off to the one home on the affected portion of line, this domino effect necessitated installing a valve, circumventing the damaged area so services could be restored to this residence.

This valve will remain in place, ensuring the line will serve the subdivision alone in the future.

A request came from the developers for the town to pay part of the cost of repairs for this accident. However, after discussing the situation with her associates, Brandenburg advised Turbiville to decline that suggestion.