Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project Funding
Meets Community Priorities
CALGARY, May 28, 2018 /CNW/ - Enbridge announced today
that approximately $1.35 million in
Community Investment funding will go toward more than 55
communities in Saskatchewan and
Manitoba in support of locally
driven projects and initiatives that support safe, healthy and
sustainable communities.
The funds will benefit communities in close proximity to the
Line 3 Replacement pipeline right-of-way and are supplementary to
Enbridge's ongoing community investment program. The money will go
toward everything from swimming pools to parks and playgrounds,
community hall and recreation centre upgrades, emergency response
equipment and more.
The $5.3-billion Canadian portion
of the Line 3 Replacement Program involves the replacement of
approximately 1,070 kilometres of Line 3 pipeline between
Hardisty, Alberta and Gretna, Manitoba, with new pipeline. About 40
percent of the new pipe was installed in 2017, with the remainder
of construction on the essential safety and maintenance project
expected to commence in August.
"As a company that delivers the energy that we all need for our
daily lives, there's nothing that matters more to Enbridge than
safe, healthy and sustainable communities," says Enbridge's Line 3
Project Director Guy Krepps. "We
don't just operate in communities, we live in them. As a good
neighbor, we are committed to strengthening communities by
supporting innovative programs that positively impact quality of
life in our three focus areas — community, environment and safety,"
added Mr. Krepps.
The investments add to the more than $600,000 delivered in 2017 by Enbridge to
communities from this project fund. Total Enbridge Line 3 community
investment in 2017 and 2018 is approximately $2.6 million, directly benefitting more than 80
communities in Alberta,
Manitoba and Saskatchewan and supporting approximately 250
locally driven projects and initiatives.
"The Line 3 project will provide a welcome boost to the local
economy and the investments Enbridge is making in our community are
a nice bonus on top of that," says Ken
Wiebe, Mayor of Morden,
Manitoba. "These contributions meet a number of our needs
and support enhancements in the delivery of emergency services and
recreation facilities in Morden as
well as health care within the region."
"Pipeline and energy projects like Enbridge's Line 3 replacement
bring long-term prosperity to Canadian communities like
Kindersley," says Bernie Morton, Kindersley's Chief Administrative Officer. "We
are a rapidly growing community in western Saskatchewan that relies, in large part, on
the energy sector for our economic stability. The investments
Enbridge is making in our community as a result of the Line 3
project fulfill a number of items on our community wish list —
including an indoor aquatic centre and town beautification project
— and we are very grateful for this much-needed support."
For a full list of the 2018 Line 3 community investment
contributions, please visit Enbridge.com.
Enbridge Community Investment Facts
- In 2017, Enbridge invested more than $23.9 million in more than 3,500 organizations
across North America in
community-strengthening initiatives aligned to our three focus
areas.
- In 2017, together with our employees we donated $9.1 million to the United Way.
- In 2017, we invested $1.7 million
in our Safe Community program — bringing the total investment since
the program's inception to about $12.4
million.
- More than 700 employees participated in Enbridge's Our
Community Partners program in 2017 by volunteering over 12,000
hours for causes they care about; Enbridge supported their efforts,
by contributing more than $212,000 in
volunteer grants.
- In 2017, Our Helping Hands in Action program awarded nearly
$335,000 in grants, $821,000 in matching gifts, and completed 356
projects focused on improving quality of life in numerous
communities.
About Enbridge
Life takes energy. And for more than 65 years, Enbridge has
played an essential role in connecting people to the energy they
need to live their lives to the fullest. Enbridge is
North America's premier energy
infrastructure company with strategic business platforms that
include an extensive network of crude oil, liquids and natural gas
pipelines, regulated natural gas distribution utilities and
renewable power generation. We also have a rapidly growing
renewable power generation business. When the energy people
invest in life meets the energy we fuel it with, beautiful things
happen. For more information, visit
www.enbridge.com.
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SOURCE Enbridge Inc.