A Kamloops city councillor says there were no concerns about noise on Saturday and Sunday night as Trans Mountain continues to work in the Brocklehurst neighbourhood.
Bill Sarai was one of many residents who raised concerns about the noise late into Friday night between 8:30 p.m. and 1:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, saying it was very loud, annoying and upsetting.
“In no way are my concerns with the noise geared towards not having the Trans Mountain pipeline in my city,” he told NL News. “This is an economic windfall in this COVID era that our city really needed and I’m glad that they responded so quickly to the concerns of one neighbour like they did.”
Trans Mountain apologized for the noise on Saturday morning as it works to pull its pipeline under the Thompson River.
“One of the steps in inserting the pipe under the river includes pulling the pipe from one side of the river while hammering on the other end of the pipe,” Trans Mountain said, in a statement. “Unfortunately, the timing for this phase of work was late on Friday night. It is possible hammering will resume on Sunday and continue through the following days, but we will limit the hammering activity between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m..”
Sarai says he is glad that the concerns were addressed quickly, noting again that he is ‘pro-pipeline, but anti-noise’.
“It could have been a motorcycle running all night or a jack-hammer. It just happened to be the pipeline and it kept the residents up,” he noted. “As a city councillor living in this area, I was the first one to be trusted to call at 12:30 in the morning to vent their concerns, and I am okay with that because I had the same concerns.”
“Moving forward they will adhere to the noise bylaw. They did give us a phone number and an email to reach out for any issues or concerns.”
— waffle_saucey (@waffle_saucey) October 17, 2020
Seriously 11:30 at night? My dogs are freaking out! So irratating. #kamloops pic.twitter.com/JxswJZMTTq
— M D (@sunflowerpj) October 17, 2020
