B.C. has approved an amendment to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline project, greenlighting a new, shorter route that will impact a different part of the province’s landscape.

The decision, made Aug. 28 by chief executive assessment officer Alex MacLennan, concluded a nine-month review process by the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO).

The newly approved "Eastern Route Alternative" is a 172-kilometre section of pipeline that will replace a 223-kilometre portion of the previously certified route, making the overall project 51 kilometres shorter. The new route begins 37 kilometres west of Chetwynd, B.C., and will follow the Pine River valley and Highway 97 before rejoining the original route near Mackenzie.

Roughly 900 kilometres long, the PRGT project is meant to trans

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