City Chilliwack, BC Country Canada Client BC Hydro Contract type Design-Build Completion January 2015 Length 250 kilometers Our US subsidiary Flatiron has been working since March 2011 to build a new 255-kilometer transmission line in Canada. The 500-kilovolt line will run between Merritt and Vancouver, crossing topography that includes mountains, ravines, thickly-forested areas, and stretches of coast. Flatiron is building on a total of 620 sites along the route. The new overhead line is the first 500-kilovolt line in Western Canada in more than 25 years. Most of the country’s grid dates back to the 1970s and now requires refurbishment and upgrading.

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