Pipeline company opens office - Roger Harris

Terrace Standard
November 04, 2008

A company proposing to transport oil through a multi-billion pipeline between Alberta and Kitimat will be officially opening their offices in Terrace and Kitimat next week.

Enbridge will use the offices in the two communities to inform the public about the project.

The project needs federal regulatory approval. Construction would require skilled workers.

The company's vice-president of communications and aboriginal partnerships, Roger Harris, said both offices will act as some degree as public outreach.

Harris is a former Liberal MLA for Skeena and is based in Terrace.

"I think it's important," Harris said of the offices being opened in the area. "I think local presence is always important for any project. I think it gives visible life to a project for people to see."

People can now come into the office and get more information about the pipeline project.

Enbridge will have an official opening in Kitimat next Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the old Alcan modernization office in the mall.

The official opening in Terrace will be Thursday, Nov. 13 at Dr. Elorza's old vet office on the 4600 block of Park Ave. across from the library. Harris says Enbridge is planning open houses in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert in the first week of December.