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Burst water main floods major Wellington street

Flooding Cambridge Terrace

Flooding on Cambridge Terrace, Wellington.
Photo: Bill Hickman/RNZ

A burst water main has flooded much of Cambridge Terrace in central Wellington.

Contractors were at the scene before 5am on Wednesday.

Motorists were being warned to take care in the area.

Flooding Cambridge Terrace


Photo: Bill Hickman/RNZ

Water was covering nearly three lanes of the road and parts of adjacent Kent Terrace near the northern entrance to the Basin Reserve.

Just before 5am, the main was still pumping water into the street which had reach a depth of nearly 30cm in the centre of the road.

– More to come.

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