Abbotsford News, August 26, 2015

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Pipeline guarantees needed: Coun. Ross KM refutes report that expanded pipeline would cost city millions Tyler OLSEN Abbotsford News

The City of Abbotsford still has unresolved issues with Kinder Morgan Canada’s proposal to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline after the company’s latest submission to the National Energy Board last week. And a local councillor says the company needs to do more to mitigate the effects of an

expanded pipeline on both the environment and local coffers. Kinder Morgan is proposing to twin the line to increase shipments of diluted bitumen from northern Alberta. The $5.4 billion expansion project would nearly triple the line’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day. The proposal would also see the construction of an additional tank to the Sumas Pump Station and Terminal, bringing the total there to seven. Capacity at

the terminal would increase from 715,000 to 890,000 barrels. In May, a report suggested Abbotsford would incur $17 million in additional costs over the next 50 years to construct and maintain infrastructure impacted by the pipeline, which runs for nearly 30 kilometres through Abbotsford, crossing the Sumas Prairie, Sumas Mountain, Continued on A7

WAKEBOARD NATIONALS A25 Championship event at Abbotsford’s Valley Wake Park goes off without a hitch

UNDER SURVEILLANCE A11 Police install video cameras on Sandpiper to suppress violence

RESIDENTS RALLY AGAINST SEX OFFENDER

DAUGHTER ABUSED

Mayor Henry Braun (left) addresses the crowd gathered on Sunday outside the residence of convicted sex offender James Conway in Bradner. Story on A3

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