canadian press: An aerial view of the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C. The terminal is expected to see a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic if the Trans Mountain pipeline project is approved, according to The Toronto Star. Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press The project, which Ottawa purchased last year for 4.5 billion, has been a major source of division in Western Canada. The forthcoming report follows a court-ordered reconsideration process that saw the NEB review the environmental risks of increased marine shipping related to the pipeline expansion. Whatever the board decides, huge swaths of the country will be disappointed. The expansion would triple the Trans Mountain pipelines' capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels a day of diluted bitumen and other petroleum products. Here's what you need to know to ahead of Friday's announcement The project Article Continued Below The Trans Mountain expansion project would involve building a second 1,100-km pipeline from Edmonton to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C. The new pipeline would follow a similar route to the existing pipeline, which was built in 1953.
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