Burnaby's Stoney Creek Environment Committee is holding a series of public forums on Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion plan.
The first meeting is Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m. at the Jennifer Atchison Environmental Centre, at 2730 Beaverbrook Cres. Michael Hale of Pipe Up Network, a group opposed to the pipeline expansion, will be speaking at the forum.
"We are trying to get some facts about other perspectives on the pipeline with a view of making this whole thing as transparent as a possible," said Alan James, secretary of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee. "The pipeline currently crosses Stoney Creek, so we have a very vested interest that our creek is not damaged by this process."
James said the forums will be videotaped and posted online at www. scec.ca.
"The main purpose is transparency. We don't want Kinder Morgan to do something the public isn't aware of," he said.
Kinder Morgan is planning to increase pipeline capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 750,000 by twinning the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs oil from Alberta to Burnaby. The move would bring more tanker traffic to the Burrard Inlet, and Kinder Morgan would have to double capacity at the existing tank farm on Burnaby Mountain. The company has yet to apply to the National Energy Board for project approval.
For more information on the pipeline forums, email stoneycreek@hand shake.ca.
