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Coastal Gas Link Pipeline is now 91% finished

The Coastal Gas Link pipeline is inching closer to completion.

In its latest update, TC Energy noted the project, which will run across Northern BC is 91.4% complete.

Work is finished on three out of eight sections of the 670-kilometre pipeline from near Dawson Creek to Kitimat.

There were roughly 48-hundred workers employed including nearly 12-hundred based at the Parsnip Lodge located near Anzac, just northeast of Prince George.

TC Energy noted work on Section 3 of the pipeline, which is just north of PG is nearing completion with 89.4% of pipe installed.

“Our summer construction season is in full swing as we move closer to mechanical completion by the end of 2023. Our workforce of nearly 4,800 are focused on safely completing remaining critical items across the 670-kilometre project route this summer, while ensuring important environmental management measures are in place.”

Work on sections one, four and six is complete, and sections two, five and eight were 94 to 99 per cent complete as of the end of June. In addition, section seven near Houston was 69 per cent done.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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