Struggling Saint John mourns lost pipeline: ‘A huge economic blow’
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — At what would have been the eastern end of the Energy East Pipeline, rookie Mayor Don Darling is in mourning.
The veteran businessman, elected mayor just last year, presides over a declining city in a declining province, and had been counting on Energy East to help turn the corner.
“This is a disappointment. It’s an economic blow. I’m frustrated,” Darling said Thursday.
The $15.7 billion pipeline project would have carried western crude to the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John and an export terminal for destinations abroad. TransCanada cancelled it Thursday, citing “changed circumstances.”