Repairs to a broken water main on Kili Drive in Makaha Valley were completed early yesterday morning, the Board of Water Supply said.

The water main break occurred early Friday and unleashed a torrent that damaged a townhouse building and at least two cars.

11 WOODEN POLES WILL BE REPLACED

Hawaiian Electric Co. will replace 11 wooden poles with steel ones along Farrington Highway in Nanakuli beginning tomorrow.

The work will continue through March 2009.

The pole replacement work will require lane closures in the Wai'anae-bound direction between Helelua Street and Lualualei Naval Road from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Night work, if necessary, will take place between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m.

HECO officials pledged to replace the wooden poles with steel after a December 2007 storm snapped or blew over 16 poles and knocked out power to hundreds of residents for days. That was the second such incident there in less than two years.

CAB DRIVER STABBED IN MANOA

A cab driver was stabbed on Pinao'ula Place shortly before 1:30 p.m. yesterday in Manoa, rescue crew officials said.

The driver was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, and later upgraded to serious condition.