{"id":13015,"date":"2018-04-16T03:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=13015"},"modified":"2018-04-17T02:15:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T09:15:59","slug":"b-c-hydro-revisits-plan-to-build-substation-under-vancouver-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=13015","title":{"rendered":"B.C. Hydro revisits plan to build substation under Vancouver school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 itemprop=\"headline\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/postmediavancouversun2.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/artists-concept-of-nelson-park-foreground-and-new-lords-ro1.jpeg \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 itemprop=\"headline\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>BC Hydro and the Vancouver School Board are revisiting the idea of building a new underground substation at the Lord Roberts Annex property in the West End and will begin consultation with the community in the coming weeks. \u00a0<\/em>B.C. HYDRO\u00a0\/\u00a0PNG\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/person\"><a itemprop=\"name\" href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/author\/skottbrown\">SCOTT BROWN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0More from Scott Brown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Published on: April 12, 2018 | Last Updated: April 12, 2018 7:33 PM PDT<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>B.C. Hydro and the Vancouver school board are revisiting a plan to construct an underground substation\u00a0under Lord Roberts Annex in the West End.<\/p>\n<p>B.C. Hydro says the electricity system in downtown Vancouver is aging and a\u00a0new substation in the West End is required to \u201censure that residents continue to receive reliable power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last March, B.C. Hydro pulled back on plans to build two new\u00a0substations under Emery Park in Yaletown and Nelson Park next to Lord Roberts Annex after the city said the process was too rushed.<\/p>\n<h2>RELATED<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/b-c-hydro-pulls-out-of-plan-to-build-underground-substations-in-downtown-vancouver\">B.C. Hydro pulls out of plan to build underground substations in downtown Vancouver<\/a>\u00a0(March 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since then, the utility, which will need to acquire the rights to build the substation from the school board, says it has explored all available options for a new substation in the West End, which they say would take up almost half a city block if it were built above ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith land in downtown Vancouver being scarce and expensive, we believe that an underground substation is the best option to meet the long-term electricity needs of the West End community,\u201d said B.C. Hydro CEO Chris O\u2019Riley. \u201cBy going underground, we would eliminate the need to purchase expensive, private property and potentially take away housing stock from the area, while also providing significant funding to the downtown Vancouver school community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fsk_splitbox_1683_onscreen\"><\/div>\n<p>B.C. Hydro and the school board will begin consultation with the West End community on the proposed plan in May. The school board hopes to make a decision on the proposal at a board meeting in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe West End needs additional school spaces for the growing community of families there, so we are interested in exploring this proposal to see if it could provide a worthwhile and safe solution,\u201d said school board chair Janet Fraser. \u201cWe look forward to hearing the input from our stakeholders and parents about this proposal to help us make a decision that could meet the needs of the school district while meeting the needs of B.C. Hydro.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/b-c-hydro-revisits-plan-to-build-substation-under-vancouver-school\">http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/b-c-hydro-revisits-plan-to-build-substation-under-vancouver-school<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/go.vsb.bc.ca\/schools\/roberts-anx\/Parents\/PAC\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/go.vsb.bc.ca\/schools\/roberts-anx\/Parents\/PAC\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LordrobertsannexPAC?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LordrobertsannexPAC?ref=aymt_homepage_panel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westendneighbours.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/13\/electrical-substation-lord-roberts-annex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/westendneighbours.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/13\/electrical-substation-lord-roberts-annex\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>1) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/2018-04-15-bc-hydro-wants-to-build-substation-under-near-a-school-in-vancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/2018-04-15-bc-hydro-wants-to-build-substation-under-near-a-school-in-vancouver\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>1) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-13-us-national-security-expert-smeters-threat-to-the-electric-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-13-us-national-security-expert-smeters-threat-to-the-electric-grid\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>3) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-09-bc-hydro-calls-it-quits-re-substation-under-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-09-bc-hydro-calls-it-quits-re-substation-under-school\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>4) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-08-public-forum-thursday-night-re-bc-hydros-substation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-08-public-forum-thursday-night-re-bc-hydros-substation\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>5) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-06-some-in-the-usa-are-trying-to-have-smeter-data-protected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-03-06-some-in-the-usa-are-trying-to-have-smeter-data-protected\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>6) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-28-maryland-council-recommends-replacing-wi-fi-in-schools-with-hard-wired-connections-a-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-28-maryland-council-recommends-replacing-wi-fi-in-schools-with-hard-wired-connections-a-first\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>7) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-22-dr-havas-re-danger-of-substation-under-a-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-22-dr-havas-re-danger-of-substation-under-a-school\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>8) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-21-industry-document-confirms-that-smeters-have-many-problems-that-are-not-being-addressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-21-industry-document-confirms-that-smeters-have-many-problems-that-are-not-being-addressed\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>9) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopsmartmetersbc.com\/z\/2017-02-16-bc-hydro-still-installing-disabled-smeters-that-are-sending-rf-signals\/\" 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a new underground substation at the Lord Roberts Annex property in the West End and will begin consultation with the community in the coming weeks. \u00a0B.C. 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