11 Jul 1963
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Newspaper
Weekly Advertiser
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1963
Page
1
Tender for straightening Pine River and moving about 15 miles of Hart Highway west of Chetwynd was issued with bids due and opened yesterday. The project aims to reduce erosion along river bends that threaten the clay banked highway and allow relocation into a bottom lead away from side hills for a stable paving road.
Three power units from Quesnel will be sent north with two installed at Chetwynd and the third at Dawson Creek. One mobile unit may be spotted at Chetwynd as construction for the Peace Power project begins. Test holes are drilled for foundations and a high voltage line from Dawson Creek to Chetwynd starts immediately.
Commissioner Ernest Pfanner and fellow officials urged feasibility of a 21 bed hospital for Moberly Lake and surrounding areas in Chetwynd. They proposed forming a Hospital Society in Chetwynd with the aim of a district hospital. a 21 bed facility could cost about 825000 including nurses quarters.
Transmission announces a long planned natural gas line from Fort Nelson to Willow Flats west of Chetwynd. A sulphur plant is rumored at the Flats after the line is finished. A 30 million dollar gas pumping station is under construction at Willow Flats to boost pressure.
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