Trac Hoe Used for Night Vandalism
at Gas Pipeline Project
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Damaged lumber and scattered equipment as well as this damaged trac hoe was found by gas pipeline workers one km. north of town on Saturday morning. Smashed trees (right) and broken fence meant extra work brushing for Husky Energy before they go on to another job near town. These smashed trees were found on a public road nearby. ©Provost News Photos.
Photos in January 18 edition of The Provost News.
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A trac hoe was used as a tool for vandalism at a Husky Energy pipeline project site one kilometre north of Provost on Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Darrell Anholt for Husky Energy who is in charge of the site said on Monday that there is probably $10,000 worth of damage plus another $5,000 worth of time that will be spend cleaning up the site.
The trac hoe itself received some damage to mirrors, a broken window, and at least one electrical wire when it was driven about one kilometre, smashing into trees and tearing barbed wire fence. Trees were also found on Saturday across a public road to the north of the work site. Dirt was also moved around where a pipeline was being installed. Lumber and plastic pylons that had been stacked in place for a different job were also hit by the trac hoe. Other debris was also spread around including a hoe pac, by the heavy piece of equipment.
The trac hoe is owned by Carson Welding and Maintenance Ltd. of Wainwright who has been working on the site with this and other equipment.
It was “not very smart being by a live (gas) well.” If they drove over that (with the trac hoe), says Anholt “they blow up.”
He adds the people who drove it have the “intelligence of a rock” but it had to be someone who knew how to run a hoe.
Work started at the Husky gas pipeline installation only a half km east of
Highway 899 was expected to be completed by January 17.
RCMP are investigating.
Print version in January 18 edition of The Provost News.
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