TMX pipeline entering busiest construction period in its history: company CEO

EDMONTON -- The Trans Mountain Expansion Project is entering the busiest construction period in its history, says the company's president and CEO.

Ian Anderson addressed the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce in a virtual presentation Tuesday morning. 

He told those in attendance it's no longer feasible to take 12 or more years to build energy projects in Canada. 

"Regulations should be really hard, meeting environmental and Indigenous inclusion standards should be really hard. We need to stretch ourselves to do better than that," he said. " But they have to be transparent and fair enough that we can see a conclusion to them."

"I truly hope one of the legacies will be to provide a blueprint for other projects." 

Construction on the project began again last month. It had been paused after one worker died and another sustained a serious injury. 

"This safety reset was critical for the expansion project, as we entered 2021, and what will be the peak of construction," said Anderson.

The TMX expansion is expected to be completed by the end of next year.