BC residents have been fighting to keep pipelines from reaching the Pacific shore for years. Just weeks after the Energy East pipeline was killed in Ottawa, the debate has intensified over the proposed $7.4 billion Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, which would see diluted bitumen reach a terminal in Burnaby across the Burrard Inlet from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, where it would connect with heavy tanker traffic. Site preparation, pipeline and terminal construction were set to begin in September, but the City of Vancouver is fighting back.