map<\/a> on the Federal government\u2019s website, construction on the new pipeline segments will run in stretches from Chetwynd, through the Cariboo, through Merritt, along the Coquihalla Highway, and eventually end in Sumas.<\/p>\n\u201cThis will enable us to heat more homes, businesses, hospitals and schools in B.C., in addition to providing gas for electric power generation and industrial and manufacturing processes,\u201d reads the release. \u201cThis expansion ensures British Columbia has enough gas supply as LNG export facilities like Woodfibre LNG \u2013 which will be the first net-zero LNG facility in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project is expected to add more than $3 billion to Canada\u2019s GDP and generate over $700 million in tax revenue for new roads, hospitals, and schools in the province.<\/p>\n
B.C. Premier David Eby called the project \u201cgood news\u201d for jobs in the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproval of the Sunrise natural gas expansion project is good news for British Columbian jobs,\u201d stated Eby. \u201cIt will also strengthen B.C.\u2019s role as an engine for a more independent Canadian economy \u2013 delivering affordable energy people rely on and powering growth in major industries. At a time of uncertainty and global instability, this is how we create the prosperity needed to pay for the public services that make us all better off.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the project\u2019s peak, more than 2,500 jobs will be created.<\/p>\n
Construction expected to start this July, with a targeted in-service date in late 2028.<\/p>\n
Hodgson is set to speak on the announcement in Toronto on Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feds announce $4B natural gas pipeline expansion for B.C. Published 7:30 am Friday, April 24, 2026 British Columbia\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-625977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}