Water advisory posted after Sarasota pipe break

About 80 customers of the city’s utilities department are under a boil-water order for 48 hours, following a pipe break at Floyd Street and Tuttle Avenue.

The Arlington Park Neighborhood Association posted around 2 p.m. that the break had been repaired, though city officials said the 12-foot deep hole around the repair site was still being backfilled and the roadway patched. In a social media post, Sarasota Police said the incident was caused by a contractor.

For hours on Tuesday morning, southbound traffic on Tuttle Avenue was rerouted as city utilities crews repaired the break…

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