The Trans Mountain pipeline is set to restart Monday following a three-week precautionary shutdown in response to record-setting rainfall, devastating flooding and landslides in British Columbia last month.
Trans Mountain Corp. says it completed detailed investigations of the integrity of the 1,150-km pipeline that carries 300,000 barrels per day of petroleum products from Alberta to B.C., as well as geotechnical assessments of the surrounding landscape to confirm it's safe to restart.
The company says restarting the pipeline has required “a significant, sustained effort” to re-establish access lost due to damaged roads, changes in river flows and adverse weather during the shutdown that began Nov. 14. It says additional work in the coming weeks will include the “armouring of riverbanks” and adding ground cover or relocating sections of the pipeline.
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