UPDATE: Another gas break in Delridge road-work zone

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(Added: WSB photo)

11:24 AM: Stay clear of Delridge/Hudson – there’s another natural-gas-leak response, and both Seattle Fire and Puget Sound Energy are responding.

11:27 AM: Per scanner, a 2″ line was broken. SFD is evacuating “one building to the east” precautionarily and having others nearby shelter in place. Delridge is blocked in the meantime.

11:36 AM: Delridge is blocked between Oregon and Orchard as this response continues, our crew reports.

11:44 AM: PSE is still working on stopping the leak but is reported to be closed. It’s described as an “open-air leak” and some of the SFD units are being dismissed.

12:04 PM: Photo added. This is in the road-work zone, and not the first utility problem – we’ve reported on previous gas and water breaks, and we’ll be following up with SDOT to see what their contractor is doing to minimize future problems – the project started in June and still has about a year to go.

12:30 PM: SDOT says Delridge has reopened.

flimflam October 1, 2020 (3:43 pm)

i know “accidents happen” but this has been a seemingly frequent issue in the area lately.

T October 1, 2020 (5:22 pm)

I would like to know if they have been able to determine if the multiple breaks have occurred due to negligence or because the utilities were not properly located.

1994 October 1, 2020 (10:20 pm)

Use the 811 call before you dig service and make sure PSE is on top of the locations! This is the 3rd utility line break that I read about on the WSB. Remember Bertha? That stopped the tunnel work for a long time. West Seattle doesn’t need anymore infrastructure snafu.

Hammer in Hand October 2, 2020 (6:20 am)

811 is the law it must be done that said from the center of the marking there can be up to 3’ either side of that mark marking are only valid for 45daysif the contractor hit something that was not marked in the area that’s not on them. The project is being supervised by SDOT there may lie the problem
- WSB October 2, 2020 (10:02 am)
  
  https://westseattleblog.com/2020/07/followup-what-sdot-and-pse-learned-about-those-two-gas-leaks-in-delridge-road-work-zone/We've noted that in followups on previous breaks.
  
  Have not heard back yet on our followup question regarding this one.

t October 2, 2020 (1:51 pm)

This has been a mess since they started, many are rude and park on owners property. I am so tired of waking up at 6 am by them, lets not start on traffic!

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