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Construction begins on major B.C. transmission line aimed at powering northwest
Ottawa and B.C. have committed $3.9 billion to the line, which officials say will create nearly 10,000 jobs and support mining and LNG projects.
- On Thursday, Premier David Eby and Energy Minister Tim Hodgson attended the groundbreaking for the North Coast Transmission Line in Prince George, launching a generational project expected to support B.C.'s economic growth.
- Federal and provincial governments committed a combined $3.9 billion to the project in July, supplemented by a $140 million Canada Infrastructure Bank loan to BC Hydro to expedite preconstruction work.
- The infrastructure will power mining in the Golden Triangle and the Ksi Lisims LNG facility, creating nearly 10,000 direct operational jobs and 1,400 peak construction positions once fully operational.
- Hodgson called the line 'the foundation' for northwestern B.C.'s development, reducing economic reliance on the United States; he added, 'none of that is possible without affordable power.'
- The project's first phase spans a 165-kilometre stretch from Prince George to near Fraser Lake, with the completed line projected to contribute nearly $10 billion annually to the provincial economy.
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Work begins on B.C's North Coast Transmission Line - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
Construction has begun on a massive electrical transmission line being built to span northern B.C. and power ambitious plans for expanded regional resource extraction. B.C. Premier David Eby announced the project’s groundbreaking in Prince George on Thursday, Sept. 3. “It’s a massive generational project, the kind of project that we hope that the next generation will look back and say, ‘I’m really glad that this was done,'” he said. The B.C. gov…
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