It's been a lucky winter for the City of Estevan in terms of water main breaks, but that luck was bound to run out eventually, and a break on one of Estevan's bigger residential streets has shut traffic down there for the day.

"The city of Estevan would like to advise the public that the 1400 block of Nicholson road is closed today with no thru-traffic between Hillcrest Drive and Grundeen Crescent due to a water break," said Helen Fornwald, City EMO Coordinator. "This closure includes the north sidewalk for all pedestrians."

The city is asking people to avoid the area while the repair work goes on, but Fornwald said she doesn't expect the construction efforts to go beyond the end of the day on February 26. It's been a good winter for the city as far as water main breaks go.

"I would say it's one of those years but I don't want to talk too quickly," Fornwald said. "It's down from last year but winter is not over yet."

Fornwald added she didn't yet know the cause of the break, but was optimistic it would get fixed quickly.