Pipeline will soon reopen, carrying gasoline to 5 states

 

September 21, 2016



ATLANTA (AP, posted Sept. 20, 2016) — Gasoline should begin flowing again Wednesday — through a temporary bypass on a critical pipeline — after a major leak in Alabama forced a shutdown that led to surging fuel prices and scattered gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday.

The roughly 500-foot (152-meter) section of pipe serving as the bypass is now complete, but supply disruptions may continue for days, Colonial Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker told The Associated Press.

"When Line 1 restarts, it will take several days for the fuel delivery supply chain to return...



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