Traffic & Transit
Route 1 Delays After Power Lines, Utility Pole Ripped Down
Another Route 1 issue in Saugus Tuesday afternoon.
SAUGUS, MA - Route 1 South is seeing serious backups again Monday afternoon after a construction truck ripped down power lines and a utility pole at Essex Landing.
There is a heavy police presence at Essex Landing, which is home to the new Kane's Donuts location - formerly the area with orange dinosaur that overlooked the mini-golf course. National Grid is also on scene.
Boston 25 reported the pole held transformers, which have begun leaking oil.
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Some lanes of the highway were blocked off farther north due to a water break. Police were blocking off the on-ramp from Lynn Fells Parkway.
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