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Pipeline info sessions set

Kinder Morgan has announced dates and locations for public information sessions in Burnaby on the company's pipeline expansion plan.

Kinder Morgan has announced dates and locations for public information sessions in Burnaby on the company's pipeline expansion plan.

Kinder Morgan representatives have participated in local public forums organized by other groups, but these two sessions are the first the company has hosted in Burnaby.

The dates are Saturday Nov. 24 at Stoney Creek Community School, from 1 to 4 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 26 at Eagle Creek restaurant at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course from 5 to 8 p.m.

Kinder Morgan intends to twin the 1,150-kilometre Trans Mountain pipeline, which has been running oil from Alberta to Burnaby since the 1950s. The plan also includes doubling capacity at the company's tank farm on Burnaby Mountain and adding two additional docking spaces at the Westridge Marine Terminal, where tankers fill up with crude in the Burrard Inlet.

The two sessions are set for Saturday, Nov. 24 at Stoney Creek Community School, 2740 Beaverbrook Cres., drop in from 1 to 4 p.m.; and Monday, Nov. 26 at Eagle Creek Restaurant at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, 7600 Halifax St., drop in from 5 to 8 p.m.

jmoreau@ burnabynow.com