Pipeline crossings

All foreign crossings or encroachments within 30 metres of the limit of TQM ROW must have company approval.

Click here to view a diagram of a ROW cross section (as defined by the National Energy Board).

Foreign crossings include, but are not limited to, highways, municipal, county or private roads, railways, pipelines, geophysical operations, blasting, irrigation ditches, drainage systems, overhead or underground lines for telephone, telegraph, television, and power transmission lines.

In order to initiate a crossing application, contact Info-Excavation. The application will be reviewed, and a crossing agreement will be drawn up for the specific crossing location, including any conditions that must be met.

The following installation/excavation activities require a crossing and encroachment agreement. Please call Info-Excavation if you will be performing any of these activities. They include (but are not limited to):

• Buried cables (telephone, power, cable, fibre optics, etc.)
• Buried and above ground pipelines
• Highways (new, widening, upgrade)
• Private roads (including industry) – permanent or temporary (new, widening, upgrade)
• Public roads (new, widening, upgrade)
• Undeveloped road allowances

For the complete list of activities that require an encroachment agreement click here.

The following installation/excavation activities require crossing and encroachment approval (no formal agreement required). Please call Info-Excavation if you will be performing any of these activities. They include (but are not limited to):

• Fences (barbed, chainlink, wooden, stone, etc.)
• Corrals
• Livestock feeders
• Field drain tiles
• Irrigation pivot tracer wires

For the complete list of activities that require encroachment approval click here.

The following activities do not require crossing and encroachment agreement or approval; hence there is no need to contact Info-Excavation. They include (but are not limited to):

• Farm machinery and implements (excluding heavy construction equipment)
• Crossing by vehicles 3/4 ton or under

For questions around crossings, encroachments, and development in Quebec, please contact:

Brenda Tapp at AECOM Tecsult, Montreal
Phone: 514-287-8500 ext. 8219
brenda.tapp@aecom.com

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Info-Excavation
1-800-661-3805

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General Inquiries
TransCanada: 1-800-661-3805
TQM: 1-450-462-5300
public_awareness@transcanada.com

Pipeline Crossings
AECOM Tecsult: 514-287-8500 ext. 8219

Emergency: 1-888-982-7222