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Coastal GasLink did not substantially start construction within the five years of its environmental certificate, which is mandated in the permit, so they requested the BCEAO grant them an extension. The BCEAO is then required to consider new adverse impacts that the project may bring and look at Coastal GasLink’s compliance in the past. [93]
In 2018, the backers of the pipeline project gave the go-ahead to the CA$6.6 billion project and it began construction. Access to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline construction camps in Wetʼsuwetʼen territory was blocked and the Coastal GasLink project was granted an injunction in 2018 to remove the land defenders.
January 7 - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls on Canada to immediately stop the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) and Trans Mountain pipelines and the Site C dam. [2] January 7 - Individuals sabotage three junctions in Hamilton, Ontario shutting down all rail traffic in and out of the city. [3]
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Coastal GasLink will be a 670-kilometre (420 mi) gas pipeline with an initial capacity of about 2.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/day) with the potential for expansion of up to approximately 5 Bcf/day. Construction activities began in early 2019 with a planned in-service date in 2023.
In January 2019, the RCMP entered the territory to enforce the court injunction and allow workers from the Coastal GasLink pipeline project temporary access to the area. [17] The RCMP arrested 14 people on January 8 at the checkpoint. [7] [17] [18] The pipeline workers completed their pre-construction work. Afterwards, the blockades were rebuilt.
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