Water service repair on Center Street

Posted on July 25, 2016

By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Water Department will be making an emergency water service repair in the 700 block of South Center Street between W. Oakland Ave. and W. Elm St.

Due to the location of the water service repair, South Center Street will be closed to thru traffic. The road closure is scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. and should be reopened by 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. A detour will be set up to take southbound Center St. traffic from Center to W. Oakland Ave, W. Oakland to Morris Ave, and Morris Ave to Veterans Pkwy.

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