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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