Trans Mountain pipeline project ushers in new era for oil sands hub Fort McMurray: CP
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The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially opens this week, bringing jobs and an economic boost to Fort McMurray and surrounding communities. The megaproject, which cost $34 billion to build, will expand capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 890,000 a day. As Amanda Stephenson of the Canadian Press reports, the pipeline expansion is expected to breathe new life into a region that has endured a decade of layoffs, oil company consolidations and heavy destruction to homes and buildings caused by wildfire and flooding.
