MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A water main break early Friday morning in Miami Beach prompted repairs near the Miami Beach Convention Center and led to a boil water notice for one residential building, a city spokesperson told Local 10 News.
Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier confirmed that the water main break happened around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Dade Boulevard, north of the convention center.
Sky 10 flew over the scene around 10:40 a.m., where workers were seen digging up pavement to get to the water main as heavy traffic backed up in the area.
Berthier said only one residential building was placed under a boil water notice, while service in surrounding areas remained otherwise unaffected.
Berthier also confirmed that public works crews are “actively making repairs, which requires excavating a section of the roadway,” and said there is no sinkhole in the area.
The water main break left many residents and visitors shocked to see the street’s flooded so early.
“I wake up really early, like five in the morning, and there was water everywhere,” one person said. “They were already working on it.”
“It could have been a lot worse. A mess always creates a jam right?” said Miami-Dade County resident Derik Fulberti. “For example, we had to get to an address and we couldn’t. We had to walk here.”
Workers told Local 10 that a new pipe is being installed to help with the break as crews continued to patch the road.
Officials also urged drivers to avoid the intersection as repairs got underway. Students and parents at nearby Miami Beach Senior High School were forced to navigate around the road closure.
They said repairs were expected to be completed by the end of the day Friday.
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