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Enbridge finally submits northern oil pipeline for approval

Enbridge Inc. filed its much-anticipated regulatory application to the National Energy Board on Tuesday for its proposed 1,170-kilometre pipeline, which officially begins what is expected to be at least a two-year assessment process.

Enbridge Inc. filed its much-anticipated regulatory application to the National Energy Board on Tuesday for its proposed 1,170-kilometre pipeline, which officially begins what is expected to be at least a two-year assessment process.

The Calgary-based company had put off filing the application - which includes eight volumes and runs more than 8,000 pages - several times since last year.

The price tag for the project, as expected, has increased to $5.4 billion from earlier estimates of $4.5 billion.

For more, see The Citizen.