Pipe pops on Pratt, pushing people to President
An inquisitive reader wants to know:
Why is Pratt Street closed, east of President Street? Since this morning, all traffic going east on Pratt has been forced to go either north or south on President Street, and not allowed to continue on. I asked the traffic officers, and they didn’t know and/or wouldn’t say.
Kurt Kocher, a spokesman for the city public works department, said it was an emergency repair to a broken pipe affecting 30 customers in the 1000 block East Pratt Street. He said the work should be wrapped up by 5 p.m.
In other words: Everything's fine. Please move along, sir. Don't block the sidewalk.
Update from our correspondent:
(C)ity traffic enforcement officers are standing there, giving tickets to people who are taking illegal U-turns from southbound President Street. A great scene outside my window.
Somebody needs some work to do.
