Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson the plan will see an expansion of the company's Westcoast natural gas pipeline system.
The project includes the addition of about 139 kilometres of new pipeline by constructing 11 pipeline looping segments, parallel to the existing line.
It will add up to 300 million cubic feet per day of transportation capacity on B.C.'s major natural gas transmission system.
The government says the increase will help ensure B.C. has enough gas supply as LNG export facilities like Woodfibre LNG come online.
Construction is expected to begin this summer.
Enbridge's Westcoast natural gas pipeline system is an essential piece of energy infrastructure that is capable of transporting up to 3.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.
The Westcoast system stretches more than 2,900 kilometres from Fort Nelson in northeast B.C. and from Gordondale near the B.C.-Alberta border, south to the Canada-U.S. border at Huntingdon/Sumas.
The existing Westcoast system is 12.5% owned by the Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance Limited Partnership, which represents 38 Indigenous groups in B.C.
-The Canadian Press
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