Repair work on Calgary’s broken water main is progressing faster than anticipated, but there are still a few more steps crews need to complete before water restrictions are lifted in the city.
In an afternoon update on Tuesday, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said crews have completed welding and sealing the pipe, and begun backfilling the trenches. The mayor, however, remains cautious about setting a firm completion date.
“If all of this goes well, the work of returning the city’s water system to regular service could be done sooner than we expected,” Gondek said.
“But we’re not quite at that point yet.”