Vancouver oil spill report predicts dire consequences for Burrard Inlet

An oil spill near the Lions Gate Bridge would pollute the shoreline all along the Burrard Inlet within a matter of hours, a new report commissioned by the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, and the Tsleil-Waltuth Nation has found.

The computer modelling by Genwest Systems Inc., from Edmonds, Wa, looked at the potential trajectory of an oil spill occurring in the inlet. The package of information was gathered together to fight Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the rise in tanker traffic the proposed pipeline would bring to the area.

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