Gas Leak in Quesnel

4:19pm update (Mon July 29th) - Highway 97 now re-opened, reports Drive BC.  Downtown area in Quesnel, as per below, still off-limits

4:42pm update (Mon July 29th) - Quesnel Councillor L-A Roodenburg, on Facebook, reports that tonight's Quesnel Council meeting has now been re-scheduled for later on this week.  As soon as I have a date, I'll post the information here

5:27pm update (Mon July 29th) - Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom reports, on Facebook, that tonight's Quesnel Council Meeting has been re-scheduled for Thursday evening at 7pm

This afternoon, the downtown core of Quesnel was shut down due to a damaged gas line.  The precise area is:

"The Downtown area, from the Front Street to Kinchant, East-West, Shepherd to Carson, North-South, is closed down. Neither pedestrians nor cars are allowed in the area"

Highway 97 is shutdown at the 2 Mile Flat area and at the top of Dragon Lake hill until further notice

Finally - tonight's Quesnel Council meeting has been cancelled as a result of this gas leak.  I was looking forward to several items on Quesnel Council's agenda tonight.  No word on when the meeting will be re-scheduled

-- SBF