Beijing Dawang Road Water Pipe Burst

At about 3 o'clock in the morning yesterday, water pipelines burst at the crossroads on the north side of Dawang Bridge in Chaoyang District. Due to the low temperature, the accumulated water on the road once freezes, and the traffic congestion on the road section increases at the morning peak. At 17:00, the accident road was cleared and the road traffic returned to normal.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, when the reporter arrived at the scene, the ice on the road surface had dissolved and two excavators were working in the middle of the road (see photo). On the fenced road, the excavator dug a pit about 4 square meters in size, and the workers were busy looking for leaks. Traffic police and coordinators direct traffic and pedestrians at crossroads. According to the on-site staff introduction, the Water Group has called more than 20 pieces of equipment for repairs.

Nearby residents introduced that as early as 8 o'clock, the incident was very congested. Due to the crossroads of the incident, the driving lanes in all directions were poor, and the speed of the vehicles was slow. Many pedestrians rushing to work also rushed along with motor vehicles. The owner of a breakfast shop on the west side of the junction stated that there was no water stoppage due to construction of the water pipe. “At 5 o'clock, the road is ice, and it is difficult to walk.”

Hu Zhenjiang, head of the customer service department of the Beijing Water Group, said that the company received public alarms in the early hours. After hours of excavation, the workers had found leaks. “A pipe with a diameter of 600 mm was damaged.” He explained that workers have The gates on both sides of the pipeline are closed, and the broken part of the pipeline is about 30 centimeters long, and the water for residents around them will not be affected. He also said that after preliminary judgment, the leaking of the pipeline and the nearby construction lead to soil settlement and continued low-temperature weather, etc. The specific reasons still need to be investigated. According to the emergency repair plan, workers should complete repair work on the tap water pipeline at around 15:00, and “combine with municipal and transportation departments to restore road traffic before the peak of the night.”

At 17 o'clock, when the reporter visited the site, he discovered that the accident road section had been cleared and the road traffic had returned to normal. Clues: Mr Ma

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