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Trans Mountain Agrees to Reroute Pipeline Around Indigenous Area

10/15/2020

By Jason Cockerham (P&GJ) — The Trans Mountain pipeline has agreed to reroute a portion of its expansion project around an indigenous area, according to a filing with Canadian energy regulators.  Map of the new proposed pipeline route. (photo: Trans Mountain) The original pipeline route would have crossed an area of the Coldwater River housing an underground aquifer that is used by the Coldwater Indian Band. The company filed a revised plan with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) on Friday detailing a new route which would include adding about 2 more miles of pipeline to avoid the area. The Coldwater Band, along with other tribes, challenged the initial expansion plan filed in 20

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