BC Hydro has abandoned a plan to build two underground substations in downtown Vancouver saying the city wanted too much money. However, Vancouver's city manager has provided a different take on the disintegration of BC Hydro's proposal to build two downtown underground hydro substations. Hydro first pitched the plan in January to build the two underground hydro substations. Vancouver already has an underground substation beneath Cathedral Square park at the corner of Richards and Dunsmuir streets.The proposed hydro plan would also expand that substation. BC Hydro also argued that downtown Vancouver land — above ground — is pricey and hard to find.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 01:52 UTC