The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, July 16, edition that the National Energy Board will
delay its final recommendation
on Enbridge rival Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain
pipeline expansion project by
almost seven months because of
proposed route changes by the
company.
The Globe's Mark Hume writes that after filing an application in
December, 2013, to twin its existing
1,000-kilometre pipeline from
Alberta to a Pacific terminal in
Burnaby, Trans Mountain Pipeline
ULC asked last month to
alter a four-kilometre section of
the proposed route so that it
could consider tunnelling
through Burnaby Mountain.
Two possible routes through
the mountain were proposed,
with the company stating either
of the tunnel options were preferred
because they would be
more direct and less disruptive to
area residents than the original
plan.
That slight change has prompted
the NEB to ask for more studies,
and to push back its deadline
for assessing the $5.4-billion project
to Jan. 25, 2016, from the original
date of July 2, 2015.
The NEB said Tuesday the
proposed route change will be handled as a
distinct issue within the hearings,
so that other matters related
to the rest of the route can go
ahead as planned.
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