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Despite skyrocketing construction costs and delays, the B.C. government has recommitted to the construction of the Site C dam. The half-built hydro-electric project on the Peace River now has a $16-billion price tag, new management, and a promise from Premier John Horgan to provide better oversight.
The revised project will be a year late, coming into service in 2025, at twice the original project cost. Questions remain about the estimated budget, and the potential for additional geo-technical problems.
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. SHARES Premier John Horgan confirmed today that construction of the Site C dam will once again go ahead. ‘I know there are a lot of British Columbians who have never accepted this as an appropriate way for BC Hydro to go,’ he said.
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Premier John Horgan’s announcement today that the government will continue with the Site C dam despite massive budget increases and delays brought criticism from opponents and supporters of the project.
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Environmental opposition to the Ring of Fire is growing
Toronto environmental law group joins voices calling for protection of Far North wetlands
Feb 25, 2021 2:30 PM By: Northern Ontario Business Staff
(Canadian Environmental Law Association photo)
A Toronto-based legal group is throwing its support behind the opposition to development in the Ring of Fire mineral belt.
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), whose clients are the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, is calling for an immediate moratorium on all mineral exploration and all mine-related development, including a halt to the environmental assessments underway for the proposed community, supply, and ore-haul access roads.