Natural gas restored after leak shut off service to Dartmouth neighbourhood

A natural gas leak in Dartmouth, N.S., led Heritage Gas to turn off the flow of gas to the area as a crew carried out repairs. Gas service has since been restored.

Crews fixed leak on Kennedy Drive, road has now reopened

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Part of Kennedy Drive was closed to deal with the natural gas leak. (Patrick Callaghan/CBC)

A natural gas leak in Dartmouth, N.S., led Heritage Gas to turn off the flow of gas to the area as a crew carried out repairs.

The leak was reported on Kennedy Drive at 11 a.m., said company spokesperson Alice McCarron. The utility shut the gas off at 1 p.m. and fixed the leak by 2 p.m.

The gas has been restored and Heritage Gas reopened the part of the road it had closed. There is unrelated construction work continuing on Kennedy Drive.