UPDATE: Route 17 South Traffic Diversion to End Thursday

UPDATE 2 p.m. - The two lane closure on Route 17 South in Heights is still in effect as of Thursday afternoon however the Borough Engineer says it should be opened later in the afternoon.

Ken Job, borough engineer, tells Patch workers are waiting for the pavement to cool before reopening it to traffic. As previously reported, it was expected that the lanes would have been reopen by 6 a.m. but as of the afternoon traffic was still being diverted over to the right lane and the shoulder. Traffic was slow but moving around 1 p.m. Thursday.

The outer and middle lanes in the area of Kiddie World and the Nissan dealership had been closed off since Tuesday morning for emergency work to replace a sewer main pipe that had collapsed underneath the roadway. Traffic is being diverted on to the right lane and shoulder in the meantime.

In recent weeks inspection by the borough engineer and the DPW superintendent had found significant settlement above the pipe and bulging of the roadway was visible indicated the piped had collapsed. It was said that in order to avoid major problems for the businesses in the area of Route 17 south.

This article was originally published on Wednesday and updated 2 p.m. Thursday.