Busy downtown Atlanta road blocked due to water main break

Atlanta officials are blocking traffic due to a water main break in downtown.

Centennial Olympic Park Drive is blocked between Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard and West Peachtree Place.

The city’s watershed department is in the process of turning the water off, and have notified three businesses in the area that may be impacted, officials said.

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