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BC Hydro resumes blasting in tunnel WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016
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BC Hydro is warning residents who live near the John Hart Generating Station that they may hear blasting now that regular operations have resumed on the project. While blasting has been ongoing for the past several months, the noise had quieted because of an obstacle encountered while blasting into the ground to create the main access tunnel to what will be a new underground generating station. Stephen Watson, spokesperson for BC Hydro, said crews encountered a loose rock area of cobbles and sand about 155 metres into the tunnel. Watson said Hydro’s contractor, InPower BC – a special purchase project company of SNC-Lavalin – discovered a detour route that involved probe drilling upwards from the excavated surge chamber area. The detour is 80 metres in length and curves around the majority of the loose rock area before continuing along the original main access tunnel alignment. Watson said drilling and blasting of that detour route began in midDecember. “The process was drilling in the canopy tubes, which had holes in them to then put through lots of grout to bind the loose rock area together, and then excavating the area under a steel umbrella support system,” Watson said. “Now with the ability to go around this area, our contractor, InPower BC, has resumed blasting where they can go through about three to four metres Continued on Pg. 3
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Hundreds of people gathered on the shores of Saratoga Beach on New Year’s Day to take part in or witness the annual Polar Bear Swim. Here, a mother keeps her children warm before they take the plunge. See more pictures on page 8.
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