Coastal GasLink and the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation near Fort Fraser have put pen to paper on a major natural gas pipeline across Northern B.C.
The $4.8 billion project will transport natural gas from Dawson Creek to the West Coast of the province, ending at the LNG facility near Kitimat.
“These agreements outline long term benefits that will flow to the band over the course of this pipeline and this pipe line, once it’s constructed, could be operating up to 50 years, so it’s a substantial agreement.” Coastal GasLink President, Rick Gateman says
He added that the economic benefits will begin as soon as the shovels hit he dirt of jobs will be available during peak construction. “When we get into the construction phase we will need upwards of 2500 people to build this pipeline over 4 years, so it’a substantial undertaking.”
Nadleh Whut’en Chief, Martin Louie says the agreement is nice, but more work is on the horizon.
“We seem to have a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure our kids can see the benefit of these projects, it’s not just TransCanada more projects are coming about.”
The 670-kilometre project is expected to break ground in 2017.
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