Water Main Break - Wilmington St. 7-23-08

Early morning on July 23rd, 2008, a water main broke off of Wilmington St. by the RBC Plaza, flooding the street and causing a road closure until the mid-afternoon. Also to be flooded was the basement parking deck of the Hudson Condominiums located right next door to the RBC Plaza, also causing the entire condo building to lose electricity for more than 24 hours.

The new, 12-inch water main hadn’t been mapped yet, so finding the cut-off point took many hours, causing over 200,000 gallons of water to flood the area.

Although officials said that it wasn’t due to construction on the RBC Plaza that caused the water main break, Highwoods Properties Inc. – developer for the high-rise – took some incentive and offered hotel lodging at the downtown Sheraton and rental car usage to the Hudson Condominiums’ residents.

Within 48-hours of the initial burst, everything – including the situation within the condo building – returned back to normal.