Line break leaves 500 National City tenants without gas service — for 3 months

Hundreds of residents of the Park Apartments in National City have been without gas service for three months after construction crews broke a main line, cutting off gas-powered heat and water.

The break occurred on Sept. 5 at the site where crews are constructing Union Towers, according to an email from the complex’s management obtained by inewsource. The project will have 94 affordable housing units in two buildings.

But while the line was repaired, gas service has not started again because lateral gas lines feeding the complex could not pass necessary pressure tests, said Stefanie Tellez, public information officer for the city…

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