The following is an op-ed piece from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. Last week, a press release was issued from Baltimore County regarding membership in the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force, created by the General Assembly earlier this year. We have been asked to share the information regarding upcoming meeting dates with our constituents so that this process […]
TOWSON, MD—The Department of Public Works says it has completed repairs on a 42-inch water main located on Cromwell Bridge Road and Cowpens Avenue in the Towson/Carney area. The two westbound lanes of Cromwell Bridge Road are now open and will operate as eastbound and westbound travel lanes. On Monday morning, June 26, 2023, DPW responded to Cromwell Bridge Road […]
TOWSON, MD—Sunday night’s water main break on Cromwell Bridge Road has created a massive sinkhole. Late Sunday night, a 42-inch main ruptured in the area of Cromwell Bridge Road and Cowpens Avenue. Photos from the scene show that a large sinkhole has now opened up on Cromwell Bridge Road. Cromwell Bridge Road remains closed in the vicinity of Cromwell Valley […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Crews are working on two water mains that ruptured in northeast Baltimore on Tuesday morning. A water main break was reported early on June 27 in the 3000-block of Woodhome Avenue near Harford Road (21234). A second water main break occurred in the unit block of Chesley Avenue in Overlea (21206). There has been no ETA on repairs. Motorists […]
UPDATE: The water main break has created a massive sinkhole on Cromwell Bridge Road. Original story below… ——— CARNEY, MD—Crews are on the scene of a major water main break in the Carney area. At just after midnight on Monday, June 26, 2023, the Providence Volunteer Fire Company reported that a 42-inch water main had ruptured at Cromwell Bridge Road […]
PERRY HALL, MD—A large water main has ruptured in the Perry Hall area. On Thursday, a water main ruptured on E. Joppa Road at Snyder Lane (21128). Water is flowing into the intersection and police are on-hand to assist with directing traffic. There has been no ETA on repairs. Photo via Nick Cappy
BALTIMORE, MD—The Baltimore City Department of Public Works on Friday announced that the Precautionary Boil Water Advisory has been lifted, effective immediately, for the Cockeysville, Hunt Valley, Sparks and Broadmead areas of northern Baltimore County. In compliance with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) regulations, water sampling was conducted at sites in these impacted areas. Officials say all test […]
UPDATE: As of 6:45 a.m. on February 15, repairs to the 20-inch water main were completed. DPW officials say crews are on the scene flushing the pipe before water services can resume in the impacted areas. When water services resume, residents, customers, and businesses in the impacted areas will still remain under the precautionary boil water advisory. Those impacted should continue […]