TRAFFICALERT: Flooding on the 101 Freeway through Hollywood has already cause quite a traffic backup. The CHP says motorists should avoid the area to avoid getting stuck.
The water came from a break in an 8-inch cast iron water main in the 5300 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, at Hobart, DWP officials said. Water flowed from the broken line onto northbound lanes, then gushed onto southbound lanes, bubbling and gushing through cracks in the pavement in some spots. The California Highway Patrol issued Sigalerts for the scene starting at 3:15 .m., and closures have continued throughout the morning.
The CHP issued Sigalerts for three right lanes on both the northbound and southbound sides, just west of Sunset Boulevard, until further notice. Officers are running"round robbins," leading groups of motorists through the flooded area. At least one large pool of water is visible underneath the Santa Monica Boulevard overpass.
"The mud is why these closures are in place, so at this point we don't have an approximate [reopening]," a CHP officer at the scene said."So we advise the public to please, please avoid the area and find an alternate route." The LADWP said that eight mostly residential customers are without water, and service is estimated to return by about 1 p.m.
Another water main break was reported nearby in the 900 block of North Kingsley Drive, near Romaine Street, in East Hollywood.
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