BC Hydro’s decision to push forward with a $1.5-billion construction contract for the Site C dam megaproject has prompted an outpouring of opposition from First Nations and environmental and advocacy groups across British Columbia.
The Crown corporation’s president and chief executive officer, Jessica McDonald, announced on Wednesday that the utility is poised to sign the largest deal in its history with Peace River Hydro Partners as the preferred proponent.
The work will include building a concrete foundation for the generating station and spillways, a pair of diversion tunnels and an enormous earth-fill dam more than a kilometre long and 60 metres above the current river level.
GEORDON OMAND – Globe and Mail – Nov. 25, 2015.
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