Minister says construction work will continue on Site-C dam, despite arrests
Posted January 7, 2016 6:09 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Energy Minister Bill Bennett says any delay in clearing timber around the construction site of the Site C dam in northeastern BC will make the project more expensive.
Bennett delivered his comments as critics of the dam hunker down at a protest camp at Rocky Mountain Fort, the former site of a North West Company fur-trading post established in 1794.
Bennett says timber needs to be cleared in the area before birds move in for nesting in the spring.
He says the government must balance protesters’ rights with the rights of the BC Hydro ratepayers to expect the project will get built on time and budget.
