Union Gas has regulatory approval for a $105.7 million project to meet growing demand for natural gas in Essex County.
"The greenhouse market in the Leamington and Kingsville areas is growing fast, and this is also increased demand for natural gas from residential, commercial, and industrial customers," read a release from Union Gas Tuesday.
Construction on the Kingsville Transmission Reinforcement project is expected to start in the middle of next year and could be in service by the end of 2019.
The release said 19 kilometres of natural gas pipeline would be built in Lakeshore and Kingsville.
"It will feature a new valve site and tie-in to Union Gas' existing Panhandle Pipeline System between County Rd. 27 and Lakeshore Road 223. It will end near Concession Road 3 and Graham Side Road in Kingsville," said Union Gas.
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has said in the past expanding natural gas infrastructure in rural areas could save the province $1 billion in energy costs.
In 2016, OFA President Don McCabe said, "when natural gas is your cheapest fuel for grain drying and animal welfare issues, along with our greenhouse industry which requires heat, this is a major league issue."
