A series of power outages are scheduled for Prince George and surrounding areas in the coming days as planned maintenance and pole replacements take place.
An overnight outage is set to affect several streets in Prince George, as well as communities including Beaverly, Hoferkamp, Miworth, Ness Lake and Willow River.
The most impactful will be the two outages that will affect 12,955 and 2,265 homes respectively from 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 and last until 5 a.m. on Monday, March 31.
There have been adjustments to the outages since they were first announced.
"Customers who will no longer be impacted by this planned outage have already received cancellation notifications including automated telephone calls and postcards," BC Hydro states in a press release. "BC Hydro is now issuing a second round of notifications to all customers who will still be affected by this upcoming work on Sunday evening."
Affected areas include:
- Kerry Street
- Killoren Crescent
- Kinsmen Place
- Lacoma Street
- Law Avenue
- Limestone Crescent
- S Lyon Street
- Merton Crescent
- Mica Avenue
- Nelson Crescent
- Ness Avenue
- Ochakwin Crescent
- Ogilvie Street
- Otter Crescent
- Patterson Street
- Pilot Street
- Pioneer Avenue
- Portage Street
- Punchaw Crescent
- Quartz Crescent
- Quentin Avenue
- Quinn Street
- Rainbow Drive
- Rav Court
- Robson Avenue
- Ruggles Street
- Selwyn Crescent
- Stuart Drive
- S. Ospika Boulevard
- Tabor Boulevard
- Tara Place
- Tay Crescent
- Union Street
- Urquhart Crescent
- Valley Crescent
- Vedder Crescent
- Voyageur Drive
- Warren Avenue
- Wolverine Street
- Youngs Avenue
- Zelkwas Avenue
- Zillmer Street
Additionally, power will be out for specific addresses in these areas, including:
- 3555-4668 5th Ave.
- 3244 10th Ave.
- 4093, 4099 1st Ave.
- 3333-3387 8th Avenue
- 513-1331 Ahbau St.
- 4501-4599 Azure Ave.
- 1000-1360 Babine Cres.
- 1423-1485 Beirnes Pl.
- 436-477 Bic Dr.
- 1109-1208 Bowron Cres.
- 118-489 Brigade Dr.
- 4203 Carrier Ave.
- 4505-4589 Cascade Ave.
- 555-1111 W Central St.
- 1103-1163 Chilako Ave.
- 4303-4359 Chingee Ave.
- 1151 Commercial Cres.
- 4652, 4653, 4659 Cranbrook Hill Rd.
- 1100-1170 Dahl St.
- 4548-4562 Delta Pl.
- 4300-4354 Dome Ave.
- 4306-4399 Eaglenest Cres.
- 1202-1499 Elkhorn Cres.
- 602-889 Faulkner Cres.
- 1330-1380 Foothills Blvd.
- 4313-4342 Granite Ave.
- 4377-4774 Hill Ave.
- 4303-4350 Horsefly Pl.
- 4511-4669 Hunter Pl.
- 690-725 Island Ave.
- 4344-4344 Jackpine St.
- S Kelly Street
This outage is part of planned work for equipment maintenance and pole replacement.
Additionally, other outages are scheduled outages in Prince George:
- Friday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. to noon — Power will be out for specific addresses on Avril Road, Cranbrook Hill Road, Crest Road, Glendare PL, Hildebrandt Road, Kluss Road, Kueng Road, Melmack Crescent, Mill Road, Peardon Road, Ridge Dr, Roughton Road, Swanson Road, Westcrest Drive, Westridge Road, Westview Road, and Willmann Road due to equipment maintenance.
- Friday, March 28, 9 a.m. to noon — Affected areas include Buckhorn Place, Buckhorn Lake Road, Doyle Road, Klein Road, Lawrence Road, Marilyn Road, Scott Road, St. Marys Lake, Willow Cale Forest Road, Willowcale Road, and nearby roads due to equipment work.
An additional outage is scheduled for April 8, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., which will impact specific addresses on Francois Crescent and Jarvis Street.
For more information or updates, visit bchydro.com/outages or call 1-800-BC-HYDRO (1-800-224-9376).
