Residents and businesses in George St may have to wait for up to two days for their gas to be turned back on, after a digger cut through a pipe yesterday.
Both sides of George St, between Frederick and Hanover Sts, were evacuated and police cordoned off the area between 9am and noon.
A strong smell of gas was reported about 9.30am in a part of the street where refurbishment work is being done by Dunedin City Council contractors.
