Mark Daly, spokesman for the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, says the agency expects the entire building to be reopened later in the day. First, workers have to reach the rupture in a sewer line about 30 feet from the building.
Half the plumbing lines at the $421 million courthouse were shut down, but the building was open for legal proceedings.
Daly said repair crews were digging 12 feet underground after snaking a camera into the pipe to pinpoint the damage. During repairs, some of the women's bathrooms open on the building's east side were designated as men's rooms.
The seeping sewage was discovered Wednesday after people
reported a stench in the building.
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