City Crews Work Through Freezing Temps to Repair Water Main Break in Downtown LG

City of La Grange crews braved some frigid weather to fix a major water leak on W. Travis St. Tuesday night, Jan. 16.

Interim City Manager Frank Menefee said he received a call around 5 p.m. Tuesday reporting water running across the road in the 300 block of W. Travis, just west of the courthouse square. City workers discovered that an eight-inch cast iron water main had split underground. Menefee said he believes the pipe failed due to shifting soil.

“It was kind of hard to get to,” Menefee said. “We had to dig through about six inches of asphalt and eight inches of concrete.”

City workers finished the repair about 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, as temperature dipped into the teens overnight.

The water outage affected about 50 to 60 customers, Menefee said. Most of them were businesses that were closed at the time.

City crews found another smal water leak on Camp St. near Horton St. Menefee said workers repaired that line on Wednesday after the weather warmed up.

Menefee praised the city’s water department for working through the extreme cold temperature Tuesday night.

“I want to commend them,” he said. “It was really cold and they worked hard.”