Lasalle Line closed for Enbridge pipeline replacement

A portion of Lasalle Line will be closed for five days beginning at 7 a.m. Monday April 27.

The road will be shut down until Saturday from the CN Tracks to Virgil Avenue as Enbridge continues work to replace a section of its aging Line 5 pipeline.

Enbridge will be stringing the new section of pipe, about 858 metres long, to the U.S. side of the St. Clair River.

The company said after the "pull-back" is compete, a second hydrostatic test will be done with the pipe in place to confirm its integrity.

Around 60 workers have been busy welding the new pipe together, and have done horizontal directional drilling under the river to bury it even deeper than before.

Enbridge expects the new Line 5 St. Clair River crossing to be operational in July, and site remediation work will happen in July and August.

The project is estimated to cost $20-million.

The 65-year-old line that delivers Canadian crude oil to Michigan and Ontario, crosses the U.S. Canada border at the St. Clair River from Marysville to Sarnia.

It’s a 1,000 kilometre-long line stretching from Sarnia all the way to Superior, Wisconsin.