A water main break near SouthPark Mall in Moline has prompted a precautionary boil order. Traffic was down to one lane and some businesses were without water as repair work was underway.
It happened at 16th Street and 44th Avenue just west of the mall. Water could be seen bubbling up from the road Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2015.
KFC, Best Buy, and businesses in the strip north of Best Buy, which includes Party City and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, were without water as crews worked to fix the water main. The City of Moline's utilities general manager, Greg Swanson, said the break was reported around 1:15 p.m.
Swanson said the repairs could take up to five hours to complete. Traffic on 16th Street was compressed into one lane as crews worked in the area.
The boil order was in affect for an area surrounding 40th Avenue and 16th Street. See map below, or click here for PDF version.