The City of Calgary is reporting a water main break in the northwest community of Montgomery.
Calgary police say they shut down Bowness Road N.W. between 51st Street and Home Road on Friday afternoon after water began pooling onto the roadway at the intersection of 49th Street.
Traffic was being diverted through a parking lot in the area, according to police, and a three-way stop was instituted at the affected intersection.
Carol Henke, public information officer for the Calgary Fire Department, told CBC News that crews were called to that location at around 4:15 p.m. for reports of a “water leak.”
As of 6 p.m. on Friday, 14 homes and 10 businesses had been affected by the service disruption, according to the city.
“Water crews are on-site and currently responding,” a city spokesperson said in a statement emailed to CBC News.
“While the break is in the vicinity of the Bearspaw south feeder main, it is affecting a nearby pipe and not the feeder main itself.”
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