Fortis BC construction happening near Kimberley and Sparwood

Fortis BC’s inland gas upgrades project is returning to the East Kootenay for a fourth year.

They’re upgrading pressure regulating stations on the outskirts of Sparwood and Kimberley to improve gas delivery to homes and businesses.

Work in Kimberley will be near Bootleg Gap Golf Course and between Wycliffe Park Road and McLellan Road, while the Sparwood project is close to Highway’s 3 and 43.

Work is schedule to finish by fall.

Find more information from Fortis BC here and below:

We’re starting our fourth year of construction on the Inland Gas Upgrades (“IGU”) Project.

In 2023 we’re working on several Pressure Regulating Stations (PRS) throughout our system.

These stations can be found safely operating throughout our service territory and help us regulate the pressure of gas so it can be safely moved through our system and delivered to homes and businesses.

Other work includes replacing some gas lines and upgrading others to use up-to-date in-line inspection equipment.

This equipment will provide detailed information about the condition of each line, which will help us to better plan and manage maintenance work.

In 2023, we’ll be working in nine communities throughout the province:

• Northern Interior – we’ll be returning to work in Prince George.
• Central Interior – we’ll be installing a PRS in Williams Lake.
• East Kootenay region – we’ll be returning to work in Kimberley and Sparwood.
• West Kootenay region – we’ll be starting work in Castlegar and Trail.
• Thompson-Okanagan – we’ll be completing our gas line upgrade in Kamloops and commencing new work in Vernon and Kelowna.

The IGU Project continues to uphold its commitment to providing social and economic benefits to B.C. communities.

In 2022, the project spent approximately $56 million through commitments to 145 B.C.-based businesses and contracted $12.7 million worth of goods and services from 102 vendors local to the communities where the IGU Project worked.

Through targeted procurement, training and employment efforts we have continued to provide opportunities for local and Indigenous-owned businesses year-over-year.

For example, in 2022 the project expended approximately $9.8 million to local Indigenous-owned or affiliated vendors compared to $9.3 million in 2021, and $750,000 in 2020, the first year of construction.

– With files from Fortis BC

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Nathan.Leigh@pattisonmedia.com

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