TransCanada Corporation today announced that its Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project (PRGT) has signed a $5-billion-worth project agreement with the Blueberry River First Nations, a Treaty 8 First Nation. The agreement outlines financial and other benefits and commitments that will be provided for as long as the project is in service.
While the specific terms of the agreement remain confidential, they include:
• Access to employment and contracts;
• Initial and annual payments for the life of the project.
Along the pipeline route, PRGT has also signed project agreements with Doig River, Halfway River and Yekooche First Nations, Gitanyow First Nation, Kitselas First Nation, Lake Babine Nation, Metlakatla First Nation and Nisga’a Lisims Government.
Prince Rupert Gas Transmission is proposing to construct and operate (subject to required regulatory and commercial approvals) a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline to deliver natural gas from a point near Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG facility at Lelu Island, off the coast of Port Edward, near Prince Rupert.
TransCanada Corporation declared the company committment in mantaining long-term positive relationships with Aboriginal groups.
The proposed route, from PRGT project website