Crews have successfully blown up part of the John Hart reservoir.
BC Hydro says an underwater blast happened last night around 11:30pm. It was part of the scheduled work for the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project, which is still on pace to be fully online next fall.
The blasting was done to create an approach for the new water intake works at the John Hart dam. The next step is now removing roughly 3,000 cubic metres of loose rock from the bottom of the reservoir.
BC Hydro says precautions were taken to protect Campbell River’s drinking water.
