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Water was on for residents of a Far Northeast Heights neighborhood, but traffic stayed snarled and a middle school remained closed for the day.
The sinkhole formed in front of Desert Ridge Middle School, which was first put on a two-hour delay, then closed for the day. Nearby La Cueva High School remained on a normal schedule.
Water was off for only four houses for about an hour and a half while utility crews searched for the break, Robinson said. The middle school was never without water, Robinson said.
"We got a report a little after 5 a.m. from the police department that there was a river running down Barstow," said Robinson. Police first blocked off Barstow from Paseo del Norte north to Alameda, then narrowed the closure area to between Wilshire and Anaheim.
Repairs to Barstow are expected to take about a week, Robinson said.
8:35am — Desert Ridge Middle School will be closed for the day, Albuquerque school officials have announced.
School officials had earlier put the school on a two-hour delay after a water main broke early Tuesday and created a six-foot-deep sinkhole across the street from the school. So far, nearby La Cueva High School is on a normal schedule, said APS spokeswoman Lauren Morrison.
City crews have cut off water in the immediate area of the school, Morrison said.
8:15am — Sinkhole Grows: A Far Northeast Heights middle school is on a two-hour delay, and Barstow remained closed between Wilshire and Anaheim NE as city crews worked to plug a broken water main.
Albuquerque Public Schools officials put Desert Ridge Elementary School on a two-hour delay until 10:20 a.m., but said nearby La Cueva High School would be on a normal schedule.
6:15am — Drivers Beware! A massive sinkhole is disrupting traffic in the Far Northeast Heights.
Police have shut down Barstow NE between Alameda and Paseo del Norte as city crews work to repair a broken water main that created a small lake in front of Desert Ridge Middle School.
The sinkhole was reported around 5:15 a.m. at Barstow and Greenarbor NE and was 6 feet deep and had grown to span three traffic lanes shortly after 6 a.m., police said.
