Work continues on the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) Expansion Project in the BC Interior, with crews out surveying, flagging, and staking the pipeline location, as well as locating utilities along the right-of-way.
Among the work being done in preparation for pipeline construction is the building of two new transmission lines. These transmission lines will provide the additional power needed to pumping stations to move more product through the twinned pipeline.
One of these transmission lines is the Kingsvale line, located approximately 30km south of Merritt.
“Anchoring and pole setting for the Kingsvale transmission line is nearly complete and the conductors, which are the lines that transport the power, are being strung,” reads a release from Trans Mountain.
“Work on the transmission line is being undertaken through a partnership with Lower Nicola Indian Band Development Corp. (LNIBDC) and Valard Construction, with a long-term agreement for LNIBDC to own, operate and maintain the line. This will be the first electricity transmission line to be constructed, majority-owned, operated, maintained and financed by an Indigenous group in Canada.”
The Herald published a more in depth article regarding the new transmission line in March, which can be read at the following link: https://www.merrittherald.com/lnib-partnering-for-new-power-line/ .
