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UPDATE: Broadway reopens in both directions
Broadway is back open in both directions at Ridges Boulevard after an afternoon gas line break affected thousands of commuters.
An Xcel Energy contractor was boring underneath Broadway while working on an electrical system about 1 p.m. when workers hooked a 4-inch gas line and punctured it as they were pulling the heavy equipment out of the hole, Xcel spokeswoman Ethnie Groves said.
Groves said she did not know the name of the contractor.
Mike Page, spokesman for the Grand Junction Fire Department, said crews thought they would be able to fix the problem by placing a sleeve over the line. Instead, workers had to dig holes on either side of the line to repair it.
He said officials shut down gas to seven houses in the area but that the cut line was not a danger to nearby residents and there were no evacuations.
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