B.C. to build $6.6 billion dam

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced the government will go ahead with plans to build a $6.6 billion hydroelectric dam on the Peace River.

The 900megawatt W.A.C. Bennett Dam project near Hudsons Hope is expected to create 35,000 direct and indirect jobs by the time it is completed in 2020, The Vancouver Sun reported. It has yet to pass required environmental assessments and could face court challenges, as well, the newspaper said.

Campbell said in a release the dam will produce clean, renewable and affordable power and will ensure that British Columbia has reliable sources of clean electricity while contributing to our goal of electricity selfsufficiency.

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