VANCOUVER – A group of landowners has launched a B.C. Supreme Court challenge to the province’s approval of the $7.9 billion Site C dam on the Peace River.
The Peace Valley Landowner Association says that besides that judicial review, it will file a second case next week in Federal Court in an attempt to quash the federal government’s approval of the dam.
Association president Ken Boon says both approvals are flawed and that recommendations of a joint review panel were not considered by either level of government.
Boon says many members of the association have lived in the Peace River Valley for years and aren’t prepared to allow the remainder of the land to be destroyed by the creation of an 83-kilometre reservoir.
Two weeks ago, provincial and federal governments announced their approvals for the massive project, saying any environmental impacts are justified though B.C. has yet to make a final decision on Site C.
A joint review panel report released in May concluded the dam would cause significant adverse effects on fish, other species and plants though BC Hydro said last week that construction could begin in 90 days.
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