An irksome water main repair on Brandt Street in Steinbach has become even more troublesome.

Mike Heppner, head of the city's Waterworks Department, says it all started with a water main break last Sunday morning on Brandt, south of Ellice Avenue. It was repaired that day. A second break happened Monday near the original one and was fixed Tuesday. There was then a third break on Wednesday which was promptly fixed. Now, Heppner says the original repair done Sunday has started leaking to the north and crews are back on scene Friday.

He adds, once the leaks are all fixed, it will be another week or two before the pavement is restored in the right lane of southbound Brandt. That lane will stay closed until then.