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B.C. Hydro held its second

public: meeting in four months

last week to discuss the proposed
Kitimat/Terrace hydroelectric
transmission line upgrade. This
latest meeting answered some of
the questions raised at the first,
but in the final analysis those
present rejected Hydro’s pre-
ferred route.

When asked by transmission
project manager Mike Gwilliam,
seven of the 14 people in atten-
dance opted for route ‘A’ while
only four favored route ‘B’.

Route ‘A’ closely follows the
route of the existing transmis-
sion line on the east side of
Lakelse Lake, while route ‘B’ is
a new route on the west side of
Lakelse Lake.

Among the advantages to
route ‘B’, says Gwilliam, are the
fact that it’s 10 kilometers
shorter, which means a $2
million saving in construction
costs. A shorter route also
means more efficient transmis-
sion, he says, but in addition to
that there are fewer soil prob-
lems on route ‘B’, fewer water-
course crossings, little or no con-
flict with other right-of-way
users, and a separate transmis-
sion line route means greater
security for B.C. Hydro.

With separate routes, he ex-
plains, if one transmission line is
cut Hydro still maintains 50 per-
cent of its transmission capacity.
If both lines follow one route,

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though, ‘there is a: gteater’
possibility that both lines would |

be cut at the same time, isolating
Alcan’s generating potential
from the provincial grid.

The only disadvantages listed
with route ‘B’ are the fact that
the route is distant from main-
tained winter access and there is
a soil/slope stability problem on
the west side of the Wedeene
River crossing. __

On the other hand, Hydro
lists only a few advantages with
route ‘A’: its proximity to exist-
ing access roads, the fact it
follows the ‘common corridor”’
concept, there would be reduced
right-of-way acquisition and less
clearing would be required
because of the new line’s prox-
imity to their existing right-of-
way and that of the PNG natural
gas pipeline. He says there
are numerous disadvantages,
though. Among them, soil con-
ditions are poor at Lakelse Lake

and the Kitimat River, some.

route sections are in confined
areas and compete with existing
rights-of-way, a second line on
the east side of Lakelse Lake
would impact on the fishery
resource far greater than
another separate route on the
west side of the lake, the line
would be close to provincial
parks, and there are increased
visual concerns.

Hydro’s choice of a new
transmission corridor on the

‘west. ‘side .of Lakelse. Lake ‘is
backed by all but one of their in-
dependent consultants. Con-
sultants with expertise in
fisheries, wildlife, heritage, ter-
rain, land use and visual and
recreational concerns all favor
route ‘B’, according to B.C.

Hydro, but their forestry consul- —
tant favors route ‘A’ because a
right-of-way cleared there would -

mean a smailer loss in harvest-
able timber. According to B.C.

‘Hydro, though, most of route
_‘B’ has already been logged and

there are only a few stands of
merchantable timber. And all
this timber, they say, would be
sold... not destroyed.

Hydro basically has five op-
tions: a new line following route
‘p’, parallel circuits ‘supported
by wood pole on either route ‘A’
or ‘B’, or a new double circuit,
steel tower line on either route
‘A? or ‘B’. Fhe total cost for

‘Hydro’s choice has been

estimated at $16.24 million. The
option apparently favored by

the public, a steel tower double

circuit line replacing the existing

line on the east side of the lake, -

has been estimated at $42
million — the most expensive
option of all five choices.

The public’s choice is rein-_

forced by the official position of

the Department of Fisheries and —
Oceans. According to fisheries

officer John Hipp, route ‘B’ has
fewer stream crossings, seven

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compared to 11 ‘on roite ‘A’,

and would therefore have a
smaller impact on the fisheries
resource., This impact, though,
would be in addition to what
already exists on the present
route and is therefore not ac-. .
ceptable. Oo a
Other concerns raised at last

‘week’s meeting came from

‘Kolbjorn Eide, who wants infor-
mation on compensation for any

‘damage caused to his 40-hectare

trapline located on route ‘A’,
and David Bowen-Colthurst
who said he had to go to arbitra-
tion to get a $28 right-of-way of-

fer from B.C. Hydro in ‘1965

raised to a more reasonable
$1,600 settlement two years
later. ‘“‘Why should we trust

-you?”? Colthurst asked Hydro.

B.C. Hydro was also offered a
sixth option to their route selec-
tion quandry by Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District planner Tosh
Yamashita: don’t build « new
line or upgrade the existing line.
Gwilliam . explained, however,
that without upgrading the pres-
ent line the Alcan Completion

‘project will offer little value to

B.C. Hydro. If that potential

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