According to a press release from the Saco Police Department, officers responded to a reported water main break in the area about 8:36 p.m. Saturday and found a portion of the roadway appeared to have started to give way on the northbound lanes of travel on Portland Road.
Repairs were intitiated, but traffic was diverted onto the southbound side of Portland Road with one lane for northbound traffic and one lane for southbound traffic.
Police said that the road was reopened fully at 9:45 a.m. Sunday after repairs to the water main were completed.
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