TransCanada Corp. has reached a project agreement on the Coastal GasLink pipeline project with the West Moberly First Nations and the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation west of Prince George, the company announced January 20.
The agreement outlines the benefits and commitments these communities will receive during the pipeline's lifetime.
So far, no details about the agreement have been released.
The Coastal GasLink project is a proposed 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline that will stretch from the Groundbirch area, between Chetwynd and Dawson Creek, to a proposed LNG Canada liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility near Kitimat, B.C.
The pipeline and corresponding export facility would bring natural gas from Northeast B.C. to the coast for export to Asian markets.
The Blueberry River First Nation north of Fort St. John, had signed a similar agreement in December.
The pipeline project has received support from the Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce, the City of Dawson Creek and Dawson Creek & District Chamber of Commerce, the Chetwynd Chamber of Commerce and the District of Chetwynd and others.
