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Left: About 80 people took part in a roadside rally against the Kinder Morgan pipeline project on Glover Road, near the intersection where the company carried out some test drilling the previous week; below: Rally co-organizer and member of the Kwantlen First Nation, Brandon Gabriel speaks to the crowd. D A N FE R GUS ON Langley Time s pho to s
Roadside rally a protest against Kinder Morgan OPPONENTS LINE ROUTE NEAR SITE OF LOCAL TEST DRILLING M ONIQUE TAMMINGA Times Reporter
About 80 people took part in a roadside rally last week against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion on Glover Road near the intersection with Rawlison Crescent in Fort Langley. They carried signs that bore messages like “no Kinder Morgan surprises,” “clean energy now” and “save the salmon.” The protest was near a test drilling site on Rawlison, where Kinder Morgan was doing geotechnical testing the week before. One resident, who asked not to be named, told The Times that several large vehicles blocked off access to a community mailbox for five days. Kwantlen First Nation member Brandon Gabriel, a co-organizer of the protest, said there are unresolved land claims and environmental concerns that need to be addressed. He said the area where the testing was conducted is a “sensitive forest and watershed habitat.” Trans Mountain confirmed it was doing testing on two pri-
vate properties in Fort Langley, one near the Salmon River and the other on Rawlison Crescent. “We are conducting these studies to continue to develop detailed engineering on our proposed expansion corridor and further seismic assessments,” said Lisa Clement, media relations spokesperson for Trans Mountain expansion project. The drilling, which went 30 metres deep, was done 12 hours a day and completed in a week, she said. Kinder Morgan has its existing pipeline running through parts of North Langley, Fort Langley, Walnut Grove and then west into Port Kells. But it is looking to triple its capacity for oil which would be piped from Alberta through numerous B.C. communities to the Burnaby terminal. Some would be used at the existing Chevron refinery, but the vast majority would be shipped as crude oil via tanker to Asian customers. Continued Page 4