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Kinder Morgan granted access to conduct test drilling on municipal land

First Nations canoes paddle on the waters of Burrard Inlet to the Kinder Morgan Burnaby Terminal of the Trans Mountain pipeline, in North Vancouver, B.C., on September 1, 2012.
First Nations canoes paddle on the waters of Burrard Inlet to the Kinder Morgan Burnaby Terminal of the Trans Mountain pipeline, in North Vancouver, B.C., on September 1, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER  – The National Energy Board has given Kinder Morgan the go-ahead for pipeline survey work at its Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project, despite objections from the City of Burnaby.

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A lawyer for the city says the ruling is a first.

The board has approved access to Burnaby Mountain for survey work and means the city will no longer be able to stop Kinder Morgan from conducting test drilling, even though it is municipal land.

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