The Seattle Department of Transportation closed West Mercer Place from Elliott Avenue West to Fifth Avenue West on Sunday evening, April 4, at approximately 5:30 p.m., as a precautionary measure, due to sliding caused by a broken pipe on a construction project on the slope above the street. West Mercer Place will remain closed until the party responsible for the construction project can be contacted and the pipe repaired. An alternate route is to continue south on Elliott and take Western which turns into Denny.