A burst watermain on Friday forced the closure of the Oshawa City Hall and the Arts Resource Centre.
Both are scheduled to reopen today.
Traffic around the burst watermain site as well as businesses and residents in the area were impacted by the incident, which had been repaired by yesterday afternoon.
“Oshawa City Hall and the Arts Resource Centre will reopen…Saturday, October 18, following the recent watermain break. Effective Saturday October 18, all in-person services will resume according to regular operating hours. City Hall will also return to normal operations as per its regularly scheduled business hours,” said a city statement issued yesterday afternoon.
Service Oshawa City Hall (50 Centre St. S.) regular operating hours:
- Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm.
- Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm.
City Hall departments operate Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
The city said all regularly scheduled programming at the Arts Resource Centre was not impacted and will continue as planned.
What Had Happened
The Regional Municipality of Durham yesterday announced road closures on Adelaide Avenue East and Wilson Road South due to ongoing watermain break repairs.
The road closures were in place on Adelaide Avenue East from Central Park Boulevard North to Dover Street, and on Wilson Road South from Hillcroft Drive to Colborne Street East.
The region said businesses and residents in the area bounded from Stevenson Road North to Harmony Road North, and from King Street East to Rossland Road East in Oshawa, may have experienced a temporary water service interruption or low water pressure for the duration of the repair.
It had advised that when the water service returned to normal, customers should turn on a cold water tap only and let it run for some five to 10 minutes to clean out any sediment that may have accumulated. This was to avoid any sediment entering the hot water system.
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