Premier Christy Clark has written to the NDP and Green Party leaders, warning that a delay in removing two homes from the path of a Site C dam road could delay the project by a year and cost as much as $600 million.
In letters released Tuesday, Clark asked both NDP leader John Horgan and B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver to reconsider Horgan香蕉视频直播檚 request to delay the removal of two homes on land expropriated by BC Hydro for the third dam on the Peace River.
A decision must be made by June 15 on whether to proceed, Clark wrote. Her letters also ask:
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Weaver also responded to Clark香蕉视频直播檚 letter Tuesday, saying he would need access to official documents on the project before he could respond to her questions.
Horgan wrote to BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald May 31 to ask for a lease extension for two families, including Peace Valley Landowner Association members Ken and Arlene Boon, whose homes are on a road right-of-way needed for the dam.
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River diversion has to be done when water is low in summer, not in winter when the two existing Peace River dams are running water through turbines to supply winter electricity demand.
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Weaver responded to Clark香蕉视频直播檚 letter Tuesday, saying he would need access to official documents on the project before he could respond to her questions.
