By StittsvilleCentral, October 5, 2017
TransCanada announced today that it has cancelled plans for the Energy East pipeline. It would have would have carried 1.1-million barrels of crude oil each day across the country, including a stretch on the western boundary of Stittsville. (The photo above shows the part of the pipeline route, looking south from Jinkinson Road.)
Here’s a press release from Ecology Ottawa, who have been campaigning against the project for several years:
Ecology Ottawa is celebrating TransCanada’s announcement earlier today that officially terminated the company’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. Energy East, which would ship 1.1 million barrels of diluted bitumen across Ottawa, posed a direct threat to the city’s water, land and climate. Since the pipeline project was announced in 2013, Ecology Ottawa has been working in communities across Ottawa to mobilize resistance to the pipeline.
http://stittsvillecentral.ca/transcanada-drops-plans-for-energy-east-pipeline/