Federal government approves $4B natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C. - BERITAJA

The national authorities has approved the Sunrise Expansion Program, a $4 cardinal task successful British Columbia, power and earthy resources curate Tim Hodgson said Friday.

The project, projected by Enbridge, is simply a 139-kilometre description of B.C.’s existent natural gas pipeline web and will adhd up to 300 cardinal cubic feet of liquified earthy state (LNG) capacity to the network, Hodgson said.

The pipeline description task will spell from Chetwynd, B.C. down to Vancouver, sending earthy state each the measurement down to the U.S. separator and is estimated by the authorities to make complete $700 cardinal successful national and provincial taxation revenue.

It will beryllium “first net-zero LNG installation successful the world,” Hodgson said.

“This task will alteration america to power much homes, businesses, hospitals and schools while bolstering British Columbian industry, including for LNG, and creating thousands of jobs,” Hodgson said.

“This is what being an power superpower looks like,” he said.

Construction connected the task is group to statesman this summer, the ministry said.