Enbridge Gas intends to upgrade its GTA natural gas "backbone"
Enbridge Gas Distribution plans to make upgrades to the “backbone” of its natural gas distribution system in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) this January.

dailycommercialnews.com
Dec. 24, 2014

The GTA Project, which will "enhance" the natural gas distribution system that supplies Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham and Toronto, was approved by the Ontario Energy Board in January of this year. According to a release, the new pipeline will be comprised of two separate segments (Segment A and B). It is slated to be located primarily in existing utility corridors to "minimize the impact to the environment and the local communities."

The pipe will be connected to the existing underground distribution system that currently delivers natural gas to homes and businesses in the GTA.

Segment A will be a 42-inch diameter pipeline that will begin in the Town of Milton, the release reads, at Derry Road and Highway 407. It will extend approximately 27 kilometres northeast to the existing Albion Station in the City of Toronto.

Segment B will be a 36-inch diameter pipeline beginning in the City of Vaughan at the existing Keele/C.N.R. Station, at Keele Street, just south of Highway 407. It will travel approximately 23 kilometres in total (east past Highway 404 to between Woodbine Avenue and Warden Avenue, where it will turn south and travel to Sheppard Avenue East in the City of Toronto).

The GTA Project includes a new Parkway West Gate Station in the Town of Milton and upgrades to the existing Albion, Keele/C.N.R. and Jonesville Stations, the release continues. Construction is slated to be finished by the end of 2015.

According to Enbridge, the GTA Project has the potential to provide access to lower cost natural gas supply for the rest of Ontario and Quebec, in conjunction with a coordinated infrastructure build by Union Gas and TransCanada Pipelines.

Construction updates will be posted online at enbridgegas.com/gtaproject and on Twitter @enbridgegasnews.