Beginning the week of January 20, through to late-February, crews will be conducting approximately four controlled blasts daily in a remote area along Ray Basin Road, accessed via the Mamquam Forest Service Road. Controlled blasting is a standard construction method used to safely break apart rock to prepare for gas pipeline construction.FortisBC has been conducting blasting activities in the nearby area for several months now. Along Ray Basin Road, roughly four daily blasts will occur between the hours of 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday.  Ray Basin Road will remain closed during this time, monitored by security.Similar activities will continue northwest along the new right of way towards town as construction continues into 2025. We appreciate your continued patience as we safely complete this work. We will continue working with residents, businesses, and recreational user groups to notify them of nearby activities as construction progresses.For safety, we ask that the public please avoid entering restricted areas during this period. If you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like more information about the project, please contact the FortisBC team at [email protected] or 1-855-380-5784. You can also sign up for our email newsletter for the latest on construction activities.

We invite the public to provide input on the Tilbury Phase 2 LNG Expansion project through the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) until March 3, 2025.The feedback received on the application from First Nations, technical experts, the public and others who have interest in, or may be affected by the project helps to identify any concerns that FortisBC will respond to before proceeding to the next phase of the environmental assessment.Once the application is accepted, the BC EAO will begin its assessment of the potential positive and negative impacts of the project, including whether any adverse impacts can be appropriately mitigated.One virtual information session will be held on Zoom on January 21, 2025. One in-person open house will be held on January 23, 2025.

Our contractor has resumed tunnelling at the BC Rail site on the Eagle Mountain – Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project in Squamish.During a pause in tunnelling, our contractor made ground improvements to allow crews to safely enter the front of the tunnel boring machine to complete required inspections. These inspections have been completed and tunnelling work has resumed.Throughout the pause in tunnelling, we worked closely with our regulators, including Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). We will continue working with our regulators to uphold the conditions of the project.