Local oil & gas convoy rolls out from Red Deer to Sylvan Lake on Saturday
Red Deer’s Queens Businesses Park was the launching point of a convoy Saturday aimed at raising awareness about the need for increased pipeline capacity in Canada.
The convoy saw somewhere north of 600 participants begin meeting at 10:30 a.m. before hitting the road at noon.
The route they took was north on 75 Avenue, then east onto Highway 11A and south on Highway 2. From there the convoy travelled west along Highway 11 to Sylvan Lake where it continued north on Highway 20, then east on 11A again to the QE2 where it ended