UP FOR SCHOOL TODAY. YEAH. SPOKESPERSON WITH BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TELLS ME THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO WORK WITH MTA TO REDIRECT SOME BUSSES TO COME BACK AND GET STUDENTS WHO HAD ALREADY ARRIVED AT SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND GET THEM HOME. SOME STAFF MEMBERS ALSO WAITED BEHIND TO MAKE SURE THOSE KIDS GOT ON BUSSES, OR THEIR PARENTS WERE ABLE TO PICK THEM UP, AND RIGHT NOW, IT’S REALLY UNCLEAR IF STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, BECAUSE AT THIS HOUR, WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME WORK HAPPENING OUT HERE ON WEST LAFAYETTE AVENUE. WATER RUSHING ALONG WEST LAFAYETTE AVENUE AS CREWS RUSH TO FIX A WATER MAIN BREAK, IMPACTING NEIGHBORS LIKE WALTER WATERS. THIS IS A BRUTAL WATER BREAK. I CHECKED LIKE TEN MINUTES AGO AND THE WATER IS GONE. THE WATER ISSUES ALSO CAUSED HARLEM PARK REC CENTER TO CLOSE THURSDAY. HARLEM PARK ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOUTH OPPORTUNITY AND AUGUSTA FELLS SAVAGE INSTITUTE OF VISUAL ARTS, WHICH ARE ALL IN THE SAME BUILDING, CLOSED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. I JUST HOPE THE SCHOOLS GET THEIR WATER BACK. THAT’S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THE WATER MAIN BREAK AND A PLUMBING ISSUE INSIDE THE SCHOOL BUILDING ARE CAUSING THE WATER ISSUES. DPW SAYS A LEAK ON A SIX INCH MAIN NEAR WEST LANVALE STREET AND NORTH STRICKER STREET, AND A TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF A NEARBY TEN INCH MAIN TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY WORK ON WEST LAFAYETTE AVENUE ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO LOW WATER PRESSURE IN THE AREA. SAMARI TARROU, WHO LIVES ALONG WEST LAFAYETTE AVENUE, SAYS WATER ISSUES ON THIS BLOCK ARE NOTHING NEW. SHE SAYS WATER LEAKS HAVE BEEN TURNING TO ICY PATCHES FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. LAST YEAR, AROUND THIS TIME, WE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AND ALL OF THE CARS DON’T LIKE PARKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET FOR THE ICE SLICK REASON. TARROU ALSO EXPECTS WATER ISSUES ON HER BLOCK HAVE IMPACTED HER WATER BILL. I ENDED UP GETTING A BACK CHARGE FOR LIKE ABOUT $2,000 ON MY WATER BILL, IN WHICH CASE I’M SAYING I’M DISPUTING IT BECAUSE I’M LIKE, THERE’S NO WAY THAT I USE $2,000 AS A SURCHARGE FOR MY WATER. BUT SHE SAYS SHE’S HAPPY TO SEE CREWS OUT NOW ADDRESSING THE WATER MAIN BREAK AND HOPEFULLY THE WATER ISSUES ON HER STREET TOO. I’M GLAD THEY’RE ADDRESSING IT, I GUESS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. AND WE DID ASK DPW ABOUT SOME OF THOSE LONG STANDING WATER LEAK ISSUES THAT TARROU, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM, MENTIONED. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. AS FOR THE WATER MAIN BREAK, DPW SAYS A LOT OF THE MAIN REPAIRS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, BUT AT THIS TIME THEY DON’T HAVE AN EXACT TIME FRAME OR TIME ESTIMATE FOR WHEN EVERYTHING WILL BE FULLY COMPLETE AND THINGS WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL. LIVE IN WEST BALTIMORE. I’
3 Baltimore Metropolis faculties reopen after 2-day closure resulting from water principal break, plumbing points
UPDATE (Friday): Three Baltimore Metropolis faculties reopened Friday after a two-day closure due to a water principal break and plumbing points, a Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties spokesperson instructed WBAL-TV 11 Information.ORIGINAL STORY (Thursday): A water principal break and plumbing points triggered three Baltimore Metropolis faculties to shut Thursday for the second day in a row.The closures impacted Harlem Park Elementary/Center Faculty, Youth Alternative and Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visible Arts on Wednesday and Thursday. Harlem Park Recreation Heart additionally closed Thursday due to the break.In a press release, a spokesperson with Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties stated: “Town had the water turned off yesterday for a building restore. It was again on briefly this morning, however then town had a water principal break. We’re working with MTA now to redirect buses again to supply transportation house for the scholars who had already arrived to highschool. Workers are staying with college students till we get the buses again to the college to move them or household picks them up.”A spokesperson from the Baltimore Metropolis Division of Public Works stated many of the principal repairs have been accomplished, however it stays unsure if college students will be capable of return to highschool Friday.WBAL-TV 11 Information noticed DPW crews working alongside West Lafayette Avenue close to North Calhoun Avenue as water gushed onto the road.The water principal break is affecting neighbors like Walter Waters.”I checked 10 minutes in the past and the water is gone,” Waters stated. “The water got here again yesterday. It was within the afternoon when it got here again, however now it is gone once more.”Waters expressed concern for the colleges, saying, “I am going to simply get some bottles down the road or get some from the shop, however I simply hope the colleges get their water again. That is extra vital than me on the finish of the day.”A spokesperson with DPW despatched WBAL TV 11 Information a press release saying, partially:”At the moment, there are two separate points contributing to the low water strain affecting Youth Alternative, Harlem Park Elementary/Center Faculty, and Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visible Arts. First, Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties (BCPS) is addressing an inner plumbing difficulty inside the faculty constructing, and crews are on web site at this time making the required repairs.”The college can not reopen till these inner repairs are full. Second, there’s an lively water principal break within the surrounding space. Whereas the Baltimore Metropolis Division of Public Works (DPW) initially deliberate to carry out this work later within the week, crews are actually making repairs concurrently with the college system’s plumbing group on web site. A number of elements are contributing to the low water strain within the space, together with a leak on a 6-inch principal close to W. Lanvale Avenue and N. Stricker Avenue and a brief shutdown of a close-by 10-inch principal to help emergency work on 1300 W. Lafayette Avenue.”As soon as the 10-inch valve is reopened, strain is predicted to normalize on the faculty, even with the leak restore work nonetheless underway. DPW will stay on web site and proceed working carefully with BCPS till service is absolutely restored.”Somaree Taru, a resident alongside the 1300 block of West Lafayette Avenue, stated water points on her block should not new, with leaks turning into icy patches.”Final yr round this time, we have been experiencing the identical factor and all the vehicles don’t love parking on that facet of the road for the ice,” Taru stated.Taru additionally suspects the water points have impacted her water invoice.”I ended up getting a again cost for like $2,000 on my water invoice, by which case I am disputing it as a result of there isn’t any method that I used $2,000 as a surcharge for my water,” Taru stated.Regardless of the challenges, Taru was relieved to see crews deal with the water principal break with the hopes that they repair the water points on her block, too.”I am glad they’re addressing it. I assume higher late than by no means,” Taru stated.
UPDATE (Friday): Three Baltimore Metropolis faculties reopened Friday after a two-day closure due to a water principal break and plumbing points, a Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties spokesperson instructed WBAL-TV 11 Information.
ORIGINAL STORY (Thursday): A water principal break and plumbing points triggered three Baltimore Metropolis faculties to shut Thursday for the second day in a row.
The closures impacted Harlem Park Elementary/Center Faculty, Youth Alternative and Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visible Arts on Wednesday and Thursday. Harlem Park Recreation Heart additionally closed Thursday due to the break.
In a press release, a spokesperson with Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties stated: “Town had the water turned off yesterday for a building restore. It was again on briefly this morning, however then town had a water principal break. We’re working with MTA now to redirect buses again to supply transportation house for the scholars who had already arrived to highschool. Workers are staying with college students till we get the buses again to the college to move them or household picks them up.”
A spokesperson from the Baltimore Metropolis Division of Public Works stated many of the principal repairs have been accomplished, however it stays unsure if college students will be capable of return to highschool Friday.
WBAL-TV 11 Information noticed DPW crews working alongside West Lafayette Avenue close to North Calhoun Avenue as water gushed onto the road.
The water principal break is affecting neighbors like Walter Waters.
“I checked 10 minutes in the past and the water is gone,” Waters stated. “The water got here again yesterday. It was within the afternoon when it got here again, however now it is gone once more.”
Waters expressed concern for the colleges, saying, “I am going to simply get some bottles down the road or get some from the shop, however I simply hope the colleges get their water again. That is extra vital than me on the finish of the day.”
A spokesperson with DPW despatched WBAL TV 11 Information a press release saying, partially:
“At the moment, there are two separate points contributing to the low water strain affecting Youth Alternative, Harlem Park Elementary/Center Faculty, and Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visible Arts. First, Baltimore Metropolis Public Faculties (BCPS) is addressing an inner plumbing difficulty inside the faculty constructing, and crews are on web site at this time making the required repairs.
“The college can not reopen till these inner repairs are full. Second, there’s an lively water principal break within the surrounding space. Whereas the Baltimore Metropolis Division of Public Works (DPW) initially deliberate to carry out this work later within the week, crews are actually making repairs concurrently with the college system’s plumbing group on web site. A number of elements are contributing to the low water strain within the space, together with a leak on a 6-inch principal close to W. Lanvale Avenue and N. Stricker Avenue and a brief shutdown of a close-by 10-inch principal to help emergency work on 1300 W. Lafayette Avenue.
“As soon as the 10-inch valve is reopened, strain is predicted to normalize on the faculty, even with the leak restore work nonetheless underway. DPW will stay on web site and proceed working carefully with BCPS till service is absolutely restored.”
Somaree Taru, a resident alongside the 1300 block of West Lafayette Avenue, stated water points on her block should not new, with leaks turning into icy patches.
“Final yr round this time, we have been experiencing the identical factor and all the vehicles don’t love parking on that facet of the road for the ice,” Taru stated.
Taru additionally suspects the water points have impacted her water invoice.
“I ended up getting a again cost for like $2,000 on my water invoice, by which case I am disputing it as a result of there isn’t any method that I used $2,000 as a surcharge for my water,” Taru stated.
Regardless of the challenges, Taru was relieved to see crews deal with the water principal break with the hopes that they repair the water points on her block, too.
“I am glad they’re addressing it. I assume higher late than by no means,” Taru stated.
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