A spokesperson for the Gulf Coast Project says TransCanada will begin constructing the Keystone Pipeline leg in Southeast Texas in two weeks.
That means drivers can be on the lookout for Keystone pipes being hauled down Southeast Texas streets.
The pipeline will go from the Hardin Jefferson County line to Spurlock Rd. and 27th St. in Nederland.
That means hauling massive materials on roadways such as Highway 90 in China, to Walden Rd. and Major Dr. in Beaumont.
TransCanada wants to eventually connect Canada to Nederland, but needs Presidential approval first.
TransCanada's pipe yard in Beaumont sits in the 5000 block of Martin Luther King Pkwy, and they will be taken to their specific Southeast Texas locations along with the equipment to build the pipeline.
Sitting on her front porch on Broadway in China, Karen Mitcham says traffic can get heavy.
"You can't walk up and down the streets. You can't ride a bicycle," said Mitcham.
She and her family can't imagine trucks hauling the pipes through their neighborhood, connecting Oklahoma to Nederland.
"I don't see how the cars are going to detour around it."
In Jefferson County, the Keystone Pipeline will run from China to South Beaumont to Nederland.
County Commissioners approved a haul route to be used to transport equipment and materials.
Signs that say Sunland Access Road numbers mark the routes that trucks should be driving to get to the pipeline. Sunland is a construction company contracted by TransCanada.
Commissioners say they tried to keep the hauling away from residents, but had no way around hitting some roads around residential areas like Highway 90, Walden Rd. and Major Dr. in Beaumont.
That's right outside John Bryant's neighborhood.
"If there's a steady stream of that type of traffic, it would interfere with traffic coming in and out of this residential area," said Bryant.
However, for many, the promise of jobs that the Keystone Pipeline brings is worth the truck loads on the roads.
"It's going to bring more money to the area, maybe a few more jobs quite a few more jobs actually. I think in the long run we'll benefit from it," said Mitcham.
