A water main break in Sturgeon Bay Tuesday night caused a slight detour for traffic on Michigan Street. Sturgeon Bay Utilities (SBU) crews discovered the break at about 5 p.m. and worked until midnight repairing the break, according to SBU General Manager Jim Stawicki. The roadway near North 15th Drive and Michigan Street was dug up, and crews fixed the longitudinal crack roughly six to eight feet long. Stawicki says it is difficult to pinpoint what caused the water main to crack, but loose soils might have been why the 65-year-old water main broke.
Stawicki says the area will be allowed to settle for the next couple of weeks before the street is fully returned to its prior condition. SBU crews may put the cold-patch mix on the roadway either late Wednesday or wait until next Monday.
