Trans Mountain files construction schedule

The filed schedule shows the next six months of planned construction activities and there is no update to the projected in-service date for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Construction Activities: July 2018 to January 2019

Spread 2 – Central Alberta

• Spread 2 includes approximately 290 km of pipeline between Edmonton and Jasper National Park in Alberta.
• Midwest Pipelines Inc. is the general contractor for this portion of the Project.
• Work will begin in August 2018 and will include:
  • Surveying, staking and flagging the right-of-way, installing signage.
  • Measures to protect the environment, such as weed control, relocation of any rare plants, wildlife surveys.
  • Clearing of trees and vegetation.

Spread 3 – North Thompson, B.C.

• Spread 3 is approximately 120 km of pipeline between Mt. Robson Provincial Park and Blue River in B.C.’s North Thompson.
• This work will be carried out by Ledcor Sicim Limited Partnership (LSLP).
• Work will begin September 2018 and will include:
  • Surveying, staking and flagging the right-of-way, installing signage.
  • Measures to protect the environment, such as weed control, relocation of any rare plants, wildlife surveys.
  • Clearing of trees and vegetation.

Lower Mainland, B.C.

• Lower Mainland includes Westridge Marine Terminal, Burnaby Terminal, Burnaby Mountain tunnel and Sumas Terminal in Abbotsford.
• Kiewit-Ledcor Trans Mountain Partnership (KLTP) is the contractor for Lower Mainland.
• Construction at the Westridge Marine Terminal began in September 2017 and has continued over the past nine months.
• Additional construction activities are scheduled to begin in July 2018 and will include:
  • Developing the Westridge Marine Terminal tunnel portal.
  • Relocating existing infrastructure to accommodate the expansion at Burnaby Terminal.

Line-wide – temporary infrastructure

• Work is underway and will continue in 2018 along the entire pipeline route to develop temporary infrastructure sites such as stockpile sites, construction yards and camps. This work includes:
  • Laying down gravel, installing safety fencing.
  • Installing temporary buildings for construction offices or worker accommodation.
• Temporary sites include pipe stockpile sites in B.C. and Alberta, construction yards and camp locations in Valemount, Blue River, Clearwater, Merritt and Hope, B.C.

Permits and approvals The schedule is subject to fulfilling applicable necessary pre-construction conditions and receipt of necessary local permits and permissions from various levels of governments and authorities. As Trans Mountain moves forward with the Expansion Project, the company will continue its ongoing process of seeking and obtaining necessary permits with federal, provincial and municipal permitting authorities.

The Trans Mountain Expansion Project has undergone an unprecedented level of scrutiny and review and has received approval from the Government of Canada, and is subject to 157 Conditions from the National Energy Board and 37 Conditions attached to the Environmental Certificate received from the Province of British Columbia.

Ian Anderson, President, Kinder Morgan Canada Limited –

“We’re excited to be moving forward in Alberta and the North Thompson, bringing and delivering on our commitments to local, regional and Aboriginal jobs and benefits.” “We have undertaken thorough, extensive and meaningful consultations with Indigenous Peoples, communities and individuals and remain dedicated to those efforts and relationships as we move forward with construction activities.”

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