Gabriola island plans break from bc hydro

Dec 4, Sounder News. BC Hydro is asking customers on Gabriola Island to conserve electricity and limit use for essential needs only. As result, BC Hydro will only be able to restore power to sections of the Island at a time. Power will be available for the village centre and critical services, but other parts of the Island may experience intermittent outages of two hours.

It is critical, that for the next 24 hours, residents conserve as much electricity as possible so that the other lines can provide power to as many customers as possible until temporary repairs can be made. TELUS crews have were successful in connecting an overhead fibre optic line between Mudge Island and Gabriola Island, but will now need to splice the fibre optics together before the line can be activated for landline phones and internet connections.

Gabriola island plans break from bc hydro: Residents of Gabriola Island

Fire Chief Will Sprogis spoke to the Sounder this afternoon, stressing that if islanders need emergency services, to first attempt to call Firefighters are staffing the hall 24hrs a day during these outages and can contact the ambulance or RCMP dispatch centres to request those services. Those coming to the Fire Hall area to use the cell phone booster parked at the Fire Hall are asked to park in the lower parking lot by the old Fire Hall, and not park on Church Street or in front of the new Fire Hall.

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