BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Access to a large area of countryside east of Benton Harbor was cut off by authorities after a leak was discovered in a natural gas pipeline.
Roadblocks were established in an area centered around the 100 block of N. Blue Creek Road in Benton Charter Township.
The leak was discovered around 2 a.m. Tuesday on a pipeline owned by TransCanada. Residents without a one-mile radius of the leak were evacuated, and a number of roadblocks were established to route drivers away:
Territorial Rd & Benton Center Rd
Hillandale Rd & Empire Ave
Benton Center Rd at Empire Ave
Highland Ave & Paul
Highland Ave & I-94 Overpass
Blue Creek Rd & Empire Ave
Territorial Rd & Forest Point
Britain Ave & Hillandale Rd
Britain Ave & O’Brien Drive
As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, authorities had not changed the status of the leak, evacuations, and roadblocks.
