"Active Peace Valley landslide renews questions about slope instability [near #SiteC]and B.C. government secrecy" - new article by @sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/peace-valley-l…
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca "...Old Fort residents want to know why the BC govt is refusing to release information about an earlier landslide in the same location, near the #SiteC dam construction site.
“What kind of information do you have that is so bad that you can’t share it?” #bcpoli #OldFort
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca "Last year, @thenarwhal learned through a FOI request that the 2018 Old Fort landslide, in an area underlaid by numerous [fracking] leases & near one entrance to the #SiteC dam worksite, was classified as a “dangerous occurrence” under BC’s health & safety code." #bcpoli
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca ..!!! 'The Peace River Regional District filed an FOI for all BC govt reports on the Old Fort slide...but the BC govt refused to release them, saying:
"disclosure would be harmful to law enforcement."
“What does that even mean?” PRRD chair Brad Sperling asked.' #SiteC #bcpoli
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca Engineer friend says "We know why BC govt can't share info about landslides. Shale with no shear strength when wet is the foundation of a dam holding back a reservoir. Info could raise Qs, & liabilities if true danger to lives is known. Being quiet is the standard legal defense."
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca .."According to the FOI documents obtained by @thenarwhal, BC Hydro requested a #SiteC project field reconnaissance report from BGC Engineering immediately following the 2018 Old Fort slide. The report was among AT LEAST SIX DOZEN PAGES REDACTED from the FOI response." #bcpoli
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca @thenarwhal Engineer friend just now: "Following a heavy rain/snow storm in 1957, loss of shear strength in the Peace River shale supporting the concrete pier at the N. end of the bridge at Taylor, just downstream from #SiteC, allowed the pier to slide into the river, destroying the bridge."
@sarahcox_bc @thenarwhalca @thenarwhal (British Movietone has a great old film clip of that bridge collapse just downstream of the #SiteC site, for those who haven't seen it) #bcpoli
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