CHATHAM,ONT. – Construction is officially underway on the $358 million Panhandle Regional Expansion Project by Enbridge gas.
The project will lead to the construction of approximately 19 kilometres of new pipeline that will parallel an existing pipeline and increase the capacity of Enbridge’s Panhandle Transmission System, explains a release.
The pipeline expansion is meant to encourage economic development in southwestern Ontario and support the growth of the region’s greenhouse industry.
The project is expected to secure approximately 7,000 jobs, enable $4.5 billion of investment opportunities and support Ontario’s expansion of cleaner energy.
More specifically, the Panhandle Regional Expansion Project is part of Ontario’s efforts to meet the province’s growing energy demands. As outlined in Powering Ontario’s Growth, Ontario has also secured Canada’s largest clean energy storage procurement, invested more than $1 billion in energy efficiency programs, is supporting the continued safe operation of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and is building Canada’s first grid-scale Small Modular Reactor, the release continues.
The Panhandle project has a targeted in-service date of Nov. 1, with additional construction related to the project to be completed in 2025.
The current Panhandle Transmission System serves residential, commercial, industrial, greenhouse and power generation customers in Dawn-Euphemia, St. Clair, Chatham-Kent, Windsor, Lakeshore, Leamington, Kingsville, Essex, Amherstburg, LaSalle, and Tecumseh.
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