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Stanley Park Causeway down to one lane from North Shore this weekend

Traffic may come to a crawl into downtown Vancouver from the North Shore this weekend as part of the Stanley Park Causeway will be closed.

The Vancouver Park Board announced Thursday the stretch of the causeway near Lost Lagoon will be down to one lane beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday and until 5 a.m. Monday morning.

It’s all because a broken water main is leaking 430,000 litres of water a day into Lost Lagoon.

WATCH BELOW: A leak in a water main that supplies half of the water for the city of Vancouver is causing a number of concerns. Ted Chernecki reports.

Click to play video: 'Water main break near Lost Lagoon causing concern'
Water main break near Lost Lagoon causing concern

The broken pipe is one of the main regional supply lines that feeds drinking water to the west side of the city and has been leaking for six weeks. Crews have been working throughout this week to repair the pipe, which was installed in the 1930s.

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Now a steel plate must be welded to the water main at the location of the leak.

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South-bound traffic from the North Shore will be down to one lane at the south end of the Stanley Park Causeway throughout the weekend. Traffic going north-bound will not be affected.

~ with files from Paula Baker

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