Lewes BPW repairing water main break near drawbridge
The Lewes Board on Public Works repaired a broken water main near the drawbridge at Savannah Road and Gills Neck Road Dec. 8.
Tom Panetta, BPW board president, said customers in the area of Front Street and Gills Neck Road experienced temporary outages.
Panetta said an old 12-inch line had broken in two places. As of late afternoon on Dec. 8, Panetta said they were still investigating the cause.
He said residents and businesses would not experience any more outages. He said there were no health concerns.
Panetta said workers were expected to return Dec. 9 to install a temporary patch on the part of Gills Neck Road that was dug up.
The repairs had Gills Neck closed from Savannah to Rodaline Ave. Panetta said the break was reported around 7 a.m., Dec. 8.
For more information, go tolewesbpwde.gov.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
