BC Hydro will shut off the electricity for hundreds of Prince George homes on Thursday, Aug. 22 and Friday, Aug. 23 for planned maintenance work.
The affected neighbourhoods are in the central part of the city. BC Hydro offers advice on what to do here.
The first outage is from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and the second is from 5:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. Friday. These outages will affect:
- 1633 - 1899 10th Ave; 1616 - 1880 11th Ave;
- 2224 2nd Ave;
- 1401 - 2065 3rd Ave;
- 1460 - 2082 4th Ave;
- 2030 - 2121 5th Ave;
- 2025 - 2121 6th Ave;
- 2090 - 2183 7th Ave;
- 2075 - 2288 8th Ave;
- 2148 9th Ave;
- 205 - 1559 Alward St;
- 325 Brunswick St;
- 194 - 1680 Burden St;
- 409, 459 Cassiar St;
- 1475 - 1665 Edmonton St;
- 2026 - 2595 Laurier Cres;
- 1215 Lethbridge St; 2
- 020 - 2592 Mcbride Cres;
- 411 - 599 Melville Ave;
- 2078 - 2380 Ross Cres;
- 410 - 459 Tofield St;
- 310 - 1085 Vancouver St;
- 300 - 395 Victoria St;
- 205 - 684 Wainwright St;
- 318 - 598 Watrous St;
- 385 Winnipeg St.
The third outage is longer and more widespread. It will run overnight, from 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, and affects:
- 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Avenues;
- Alward St;
- Bowser Ave;
- Buchanan Ave;
- Carney St;
- Central St;
- Clapperton St;
- Connaught Hill;
- Cuddie Cres;
- Diefenbaker Ave;
- Diefenbaker Dr;
- Dominion St;
- Ellison Dr;
- Ferry Ave;
- Ford Ave;
- George St;
- Griffith Ave;
- Harper Dr;
- Houston Lane;
- Johnson St;
- Kaslo St;
- La Salle Ave;
- Lillooet St;
- Massey Dr;
- Mccullagh Ave;
- Milburn Ave;
- Monkley Ave;
- Moss Ave;
- Moyie St;
- Norwood St;
- Oak St;
- Patricia Blvd;
- Paxton Ave and Pl;
- Pearson Ave;
- Pine St;
- Porter Ave;
- Quebec St;
- Queensway St;
- Quince St;
- Redwood St;
- Spruce St;
- Strathcona Ave;
- Tamarack St;
- Upland St;
- Van Vien Ave;
- Village St;
- Vine St;
- Warner Ave;
- Yew St;
Check the status of power outages here.
