KAWARTHA LAKES-Jim Sanders, President of Enbridge Gas Distribution spent the day in Fenelon Falls meeting with residents and business onwers. Sanders was updating people on the progress in bringing natural gas to Fenelon and answering any questions.
In May the project received $12.3 million from the province to bring the expansion to Fenelon Falls. The City of Kawartha Lakes is providing some tax in lieu for easements and right of ways for the pipeline as the municipal contribution for the pipeline for 10 years.
The plan is to bring natural gas to 1900 homes in Fenelon Falls. Enbridge had originally hoped to extend the pipeline all the way to Bobcaygeon, servicing more than 3800 homes there. Enbridge told Kawartha 411 that only the Fenelon Falls, Cambray and Cameron expansion were given provincial funding under the 2017 Natural Gas Grant Program but they are still working on bringing it to Bobcaygeon.
The expansion to Fenelon Falls is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2019.
Here’s what Sanders had to say about the construction process and the project.
