A usually-busy section of Oxford Street was closed Tuesday morning after an underground water pipe burst, blowing a hole in the road surface. The city's head of water operations, Steve Fazekas, said the damage is significant with west-bound lanes expected to remain closed for most of the day. Mark Leitch works to repair the watermain that burst on Oxford Street at Talbot Tuesday morning. This old pipe burst, causing damage to Oxford Street at Talbot Street. Until then, Oxford Street remains slow-going between Richmond and Talbot Streets with traffic diverting through side streets in the area.

Source: CBC News January 08, 2019 14:15 UTC