SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Police have partially reopened a South Portland road to traffic after it was flooded due to a water main break.
The break occurred Monday on Maine Mall Road near the entrance to Best Buy. The road was closed to traffic around 7 a.m. from Gorham to Philbrook roads near the Maine Mall.
The Portland Press Herald reports that police had opened the northbound lane to traffic by 9:45 a.m. Some traffic was moving in the southbound lane.
South Portland Police Lt. Todd Bernard tells the newspaper that officials don’t know what caused the water line to burst.
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