Around 3,000 South Vacherie residents lost gas overnight Wednesday. Here's what we know.

La. 20 makes a sharp rightward turn to temporary Bayou Chevreuil bridge, as seen Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, looking north toward Vacherie.

A state highway contractor built the bridge as part of an $11.6 million replacement project for the permanent bridge, but abutments for the temporary bridge shifted and have needed repairs. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around 1,000 South Vacherie residents lost natural gas service Wednesday night after a test caused disruptions, according to the St.

James Parish government. The outage, which began around 8 p.m.

Wednesday, affected all of La. 20 and back Vacherie on the west bank and lasted well into Thursday for some residents. According to a news release by Public Information Officer Victoria Rocquin Henry, utility crews worked overnight to shut off natural gas and were going door to door by 5:30 a.

m. to relight pilot lights. Nondestructive testing of the natural gas line caused a supply interruption on the main line, she said.

On a Facebook livestream Wednesday night, Parish President Pete Dufresne said the supplier issue had been resolved, but it would be “a long and tedious process to restore everyone’s natural gas.” “Our crews are working throughout the night to resolve this issue, and I deeply apologize and regret that this issue has happened,” he said. “But again, it was beyond our control, and this was an issue created by the natural gas supply coming into the parish on the west bank.

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