Construction on FortisBC’s Eagle Mountain-Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project will begin in Squamish on or after August 28 this year. Crews will mobilize equipment and materials, set up construction offices and prepare the work sites for construction, fencing, flagging, vegetation and tree clearing. They will also prepare laydown and staging areas and build access roads, says FortisBC.
The EGP Project consists of construction and operation of the following:
EGP Pipeline:
An approximately 38 kilometers long and 24-inches in diameter natural gas pipeline that begins north of the Coquitlam Watershed, runs through the Hixon Creek, Indian River and Stawamus River Valleys and the District of Squamish. Other EGP Pipeline components include a three km twinning of existing FortisBC natural gas pipeline in Coquitlam, and the relocation of a section of existing FortisBC natural gas pipeline in the District of Squamish.
EGP Tunnel:
An approximately 9 km tunnel that starts at the BC Rail Site, runs under the Skwelwil’em Squamish Estuary Wildlife Management Area, and ends at the Woodfibre LNG site. The EGP Tunnel will be constructed using Tunnel Boring Machines starting from two entry points or portals at each end of the EGP Tunnel, described as the East Portal (at the BC Rail Site) and the Woodfibre Portal (at the WLNG Site).
EGP Facilities:
This includes the installation of electric-drive compression at the existing Eagle Mountain Compressor Station in Coquitlam, as well as an electric substation and power lines. EGP Facilities also include a new gas turbine-powered Squamish Compressor Station, relocation of a section of the existing FortisBC natural gas pipeline and a Custody Transfer Station at the WLNG Site.
Other infrastructure:
This includes access roads, laydown areas, use of existing barge landing and quarry sites, mainline block valves, and a Temporary Workforce Accommodation Lodge. For more information about the pipeline project, FortisBC can be contacted at egp@fortisbc.com or call 1-855-380-5784. Interested citizens can also visit the project site at talkingenergy.ca/egp and sign up for their newsletter to receive regular project updates.
