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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remains on schedule to be completed by December 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the company confirmed Monday.

In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, Alberta Health Services put a 15-person limit on gatherings last week. The restriction does not currently apply to construction sites, but Ian Anderson, president and CEO of Trans Mountain Corporation, said worker safety is a priority.

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“With the rapid and changing global situation around COVID-19, we share and understand the questions and observations that are surfacing from Indigenous communities and our stakeholders regarding our project and worker safety,” Anderson said in a statement posted on the company’s website.

“We are well underway with project construction in several areas of (British Columbia) and Alberta and we plan to continue construction as long as we can do so in a way that protects all of our people and the broader community.”