FREDERICTON – Since the Energy East Pipeline was announced on Aug.1, 2013, TransCanada Corporation has been approaching New Brunswick landowners and First Nations communities, working to finalize the pipeline’s route.
Philippe Cannon, a project spokesperson with TransCanada, said at a Fredericton Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Monday that the response from landowners has been positive.
“The importance is to know where the pipeline is going to go through, to look at options for us and to be able to talk to the landowner about his property,” Cannon said.
That process includes consulting First Nations’ communities. Fifteen have been approached and all but two have responded.
“We so far have letters of agreement with 13 of them so they are an important part and we are working on building a good relationship with those communities,” Cannon said.
Global News was told one of the communities who haven’t signed a letter of agreement is the St. Mary’s First Nation in Fredericton.
The $12-billion project is expected to transport 1.1 million barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta to the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John.
The company is looking to file their full regulatory application by the middle of 2014. They are planning for construction to begin in 2018.
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