Contractors who have been selected to work on BC Hydro’s controversial Site C dam project have begun mobilizing for construction.
“We are now in the construction phase for Site C,” BC Hydro spokesman Dave Conway told the Alaska Highway News.
“We are awarding contracts and conducting safety training for contractors, and we have started mobilizing on site…in July and August, we will focus on the north bank, within the dam site area, where there will be vegetation and tree clearing, road construction, the start of construction of the worker accommodation camp, and excavation and relocation of materials.”
Hydro was asked about when the construction phase started, how many people are currently mobilized, and what they were doing. The company did not respond as of press time.
The Site C dam is a hydroelectric project set to be built on the Peace River seven kilometres from Fort St. John. At $8.8 billion, it would be the province’s most expensive infrastructure project in its history.
West Moberly Chief Roland Willson has said that he would seek an injunction against Site C work if it was started before his First Nation's legal challenges against the dam went through the courts.
Willson did not respond by press time if he would continue to seek that injunction.
