Sewer backup causes water flow and road closure in East Rutherford, East Rutherford NJ
Road ClosureA backed-up sewer line on Central Avenue caused water to flow from a manhole, leading to a temporary closure of the road between Herman and Poplar Streets while crews addressed the issue.
Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police
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Transcript:
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There is water coming out of the roadway here.
00:06
It's raining.
00:13
Still on the hole,
00:15
but there is water pouring out of the van hole.
00:28
Thank you. 157 Paul is on the fire headquarters.
00:39
157 falls on his way. Here's right around the block stand.
00:49
463, request 88.
00:56
Freeze.
00:58
Just on an update, this was going to be a backed-up sewer line.
01:05
The sewer authority was notified there on the way.
01:18
157 to 168.
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Get.
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Are you still in the area?
01:31
...to headquarters to drop off the A&L, well, there's no one there, like,
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anything?
01:39
157 headquarters.
01:47
When 168 is complete, can he respond back over here? We're going to have to shut down Central Ave between Herman and Poplar while they get the vacuum truck in the middle of the street.
02:04
Okay, and 582 is available.
02:16
5A2 you've got older system traffic over there 582 received
02:26
he's at central and old to assist with that
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we see 557
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God
02:44
All right, I'll be back in from here.
02:48
DPW is going to access it from a different manhole.
02:50
I-bate-2 can disregard.
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Location mentioned:
Poplar St, East Rutherford, NJ
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