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Kinder Morgan and city on collision course Cornelia Naylor staff reporter
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Burnaby and Kinder Morgan are poised for another clash over the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The energy company planned to start work this week clearing a metre-wide, 150-metre-long path for seismic testing along the proposed route between Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby tank farm and the Westridge Marine terminal. “What they need is a clear line, a path about a metre wide to be able to lay that line out so that they can set geophones down and set a charge and then do the readings,” Trans Mountain project lead for land and right-of-way Carey Johannesson told the NOW. Johannesson was at Eastlake Park Wednesday for a media event and the launch of lower impact environmental surveys along Stoney Creek. The city opposes the pipeline project and has denied the company an encroachment permit for the work, but the National Energy Board (NEB) ruled last week that federal legislation gives pipeline companies like Kinder Morgan the power to enter and conduct surveys and tests on any Crown or private land that lies on their intended pipeline routes. According to Johannesson, that means his company has the green light to con-
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Surveyors conduct studies of fish and plant species Wednesday along Burnaby’s Stoney Creek as part of Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion work. The city is opposed to the project. Cornelia Naylor/ burnaby now
duct all the studies it needs to seek NEB approval for its proposed expansion, which would see a section of the pipeline run through the western corner of
Burnaby Mountain. “If Burnaby wants to pursue that and take it further, I’m assuming that what they’ll need to do is do a stop-work order,
and then we’ll have to take it from there,” Johannesson said. Kinder Morgan Page 9
Residents on the fence over Brentwood tower Jacob Zinn staff reporter
The second Brentwood tower was met with a mixed reaction at the latest public hearing at Burnaby city hall. On Tuesday, more than 40 residents turned out for the hearing to voice their concerns with the project, despite council’s recent adoption of the first 53-storey Brentwood tower. While about 20 peo-
ple wrote in letters of support for the tower, many citizens echoed concerns from the first tower’s jam-packed hearing last February over such issues as height, density, traffic and emergency access. Several members of the Burnaby First Coalition turned out to ask questions about the project, including mayoral candidate Daren Hancott and council candidate Helen Ward. One of Ward’s main concerns was earthquake preparedness as the province
has been overdue for some high numbers on the Richter scale. “UBC came out with an earthquake study back in January that said that, in this particular area where we live, shaking from an earthquake could be three to four times what was previously estimated and that the duration of the shaking could be much longer than expected,” she said. “They called for a review of planning and building codes, so I’m wondering if council
has raised this concern with the provincial government.” Resident Ross Howard also questioned if the city could handle some shifting tectonic plates and asked about affordable and subsidized housing for low-income residents. Mayor Derek Corrigan noted that part of the second tower is designated for Hearing Page 3
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