The City of Burnaby wants boom topped with razor wire removed from Burrard Inlet.
The municipality’s lawyer has written to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, asking it to cancel its August 2017 permit allowing Trans Mountain to install the boom as part of the expansion pipeline’s now-halted expansion project.
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Burnaby argues VFPA’s approval of the boom’s installation hinged on the federal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain expansion project and since that approval was quashed by the Federal Court of Appeal on Aug. 30, the permit too should be nullified.
"Now that construction authorization has been withdrawn by the court, we ask that you immediately notify Trans Mountain that the fence must be removed as an obstacle to public access,” lawyer Gregory McDade wrote.
According to Trans Mountain’s website, “The construction safety boom (CSB) defines the active construction area for the Westridge Marine Terminal (WMT) expansion.”
The boom marks the construction area with navigation lighting, according to the company.
The pipeline expansion project includes building new docks for tankers at the Westridge Marine Terminal.
The NOW has reached out to Mayor Derek Corrigan, Trans Mountain and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, none of whom responded immediately to a request for comment.
