{"id":21838,"date":"2023-09-12T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trans-mountain-says-worst-case-could-see-pipeline-completion-delayed-to-end-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:16:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:16:17","slug":"trans-mountain-says-worst-case-could-see-pipeline-completion-delayed-to-end-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trans-mountain-says-worst-case-could-see-pipeline-completion-delayed-to-end-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Mountain says &#8216;worst case&#8217; could see pipeline completion delayed to end of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CALGARY \u2014 The crown corporation behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says it may not complete the project before December 2024 if a regulator does not approve its request for a route deviation.<\/p>\n<p>Trans Mountain Corp. says the new time frame is a worst-case scenario that could add close to $86 million in cost overruns to the final project price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Trans Mountain Corp. had hoped to have the pipeline in service in early 2024 but has run into engineering difficulties related to the drilling of a tunnel in B.C.<\/p>\n<p>It wants to alter the route slightly for a 1.3-kilometre stretch of pipe, as well as the\u00a0construction\u00a0method.<\/p>\n<p>But it faces opposition from the Stk\u2019emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation, whose traditional territory the pipeline crosses and who had agreed to the originally proposed route and\u00a0construction\u00a0method.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments from both Trans Mountain and the First Nation at a hearing in Calgary next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2023\/09\/trans-mountain-says-worst-case-could-see-pipeline-completion-delayed-to-end-of-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 The crown corporation behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says it may not complete the project before December &#8230; 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