Burst water pipe fixed in city centre but still causing disruption

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A burst water main that has caused chaos in Manchester city centre for several days has finally been fixed. The problem, which was linked to a burst on Portland Street, was first reported on Saturday morning (December 7).

It left several businesses without running water and forced three bars in the Gay Village to close their doors - all of which have now reopened.

However, Manchester Crown Court at Minshull Street remains shut with some cases transferred to Crown Square and to Bolton. New Century Hall was also forced to cancel a concert last night (December 9), but the venue has now confirmed its water supply is back. READ MORE: Inside the huge cannabis farm 'worth £100,000' seized by cops Work to repair the burst water main started soon after it was reported on Saturday, but engineers were still trying to resolve the issue until the early hours of this morning.

United Utilities confirmed this afternoon (December 10) that the work was completed at 3am. A bus stop on Portland Street remains closed with work to reinstate it is set to start this week.