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Curler’s crouch Robbie Krysl, 12, follows his shot during Sunday’s B semi-final at the Ralph Boyd Men’s Open. For more photos and results from the curling bonspiel at the Campbell River Curling Club, turn to Page 33.
The $940-million project to replace the John Hart Generating Station is another positive economic step for the city, says Mayor Walter Jakeway. “This is wonderful…this is Fort McMurray-sized project,” the mayor said Tuesday, referring to the Alberta oil sands boom town. On Friday, after years of planning by BC Hydro, the B.C. Utilities Commission finally approved the project to replace the generating station on the Campbell River. The Commission green-lighted the $940-million project which will see the replacement of the 66-year-old John Hart Generating Station over the next five years. As well, the three above-ground pipelines, which carry water from John Hart Lake to the electrical generators, will be replaced with a 1.8-kilometre tunnel. “We are pleased the Commission has recognized the importance of upgrading an aging facility that has been operating since 1947,” said Energy Minister Rich Coleman in a news release. “Now we can ensure the facility will continue to deliver clean, reliable power to Vancouver Island.” In addition to the hundreds of jobs created by the project, as well
as the spinoff economic opportunities, the city will benefit by having its main water pipeline replaced. BC Hydro is picking up most of the cost for the replacement while the city is contributing $6 million. “It will be done first before any of the other construction begins,” said Jakeway. In recent years, city council has faced some lean economic times, but the mayor is optimistic things are changing for the better. In addition to the massive hydro project – and over the same fiveyear period – the Campbell River Hospital will be replaced with a new $266-million, 95-bed facility. There’s also the new Berwick seniors’ home to be built downtown as well as the new fivestorey head office for Seymour Pacific Developments and Broadstreet Properties Ltd. Other developments include the new apartment complex under construction on Dogwood Street and Merecroft Road, a shopping centre at Dogwood and Hilchey Road, two new condominiums on Petersen Road, a new Mr. Lube at Mariner Square, the new residential tower for women and children on Dogwood and 11th Avenue, and more. “There are at least 14 projects Continued on A3
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