Since I am a North Side Snob, and only feel safe driving there, I can't help but notice there are some roads where the water mains break on a regular basis. Like N May Avenue between 36th and 39th, which much have a leak 3 times a year. Or N Villa between 23rd and 10th. Some of these lines break less than 100 feet apart.

So, my question is- how much would it cost to just replace the line for some of those chronic failure areas? As much as we spend on patches, and how challenging some of the road resurfacing can be, I have to wonder when it becomes a better use of resources to replace a section of line?