Completion of the pipeline has been delayed until the second quarter, developer Equitrans said Tuesday, following a string of court delays and price hikes.
Equitrans is now targeting a start date sometime in the second quarter of 2024, officials said, a delay of at least three months.
“While our construction plans took into account the potential effects of winter weather, these conditions were far worse and longer in duration than anticipated, imposing a significant impact on productivity, which, in turn, impeded our ability to reduce construction headcount,” Equitrans CEO Diana Charletta said in the statement Tuesday.
The delays have pushed back the pipeline’s planned start date by more than five years and nearly doubled the original $3.7 billion expected price tag for the project.
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