Lower Nicola Indian Band Partnering for New Hydro Power Line a First in Canada

Lower Nicola Indian Band is partnering with Valard Construction to build, operate and maintain a new power line that will cross some of the LNIB lands.

Pipeline pipes in a file photo. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

Lower Nicola Indian Band (LNIB) is partnering with Valard Construction to build, operate and maintain a new power line that will cross some of the LNIB lands, running from the Trans Mountain pumping station to Aspen Grove, where it will connect to the existing BC Hydro system.

Kevin Ainsworth, General Manager of the LNIB Development Corporation, spoke to The Herald about the project and its potential benefits for the band.