BC Hydro is busy on election day due to over a dozen power outages they are attending to in the Lower Mainland.
One of the largest is affecting 4,447 customers in Langley and Surrey in the area south of 96th ave, east of 176th st, north of 64th ave, and west of 216th st.
A crew will be dispatched to an outage affecting 4,447 customers in the #LangleyBC and #SurreyBC area. Visit our mobile site for status updates: https://t.co/qGZihwwjCP pic.twitter.com/UHs3YXRgmc
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 24, 2020
South of the Fraser River has been particularly hard hit, as another major outage was affecting 731 customers in Langley this morning in the area west of 208th st, north of 40th ave, east of 198th st., and south of 46a ave.
A crew has been assigned to an outage affecting 731 customers in #LangleyBC. They’ll post updates as available here: https://t.co/JdocHoYL3w pic.twitter.com/vc0IrBoIhQ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 24, 2020
Maple Ridge also has three outages, the largest of which at Dewdney Trunk and 264 St, is affecting 79 customers.
Hundreds of people are also without power in both Abbotsford, which has seen five outages, and Chilliwack, which has one, affecting over 300 people.
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Many of the outages are listed as under investigation by BC Hydro, but it would come as no surprise if blustering winds blowing through the lower mainland, played a major role.
Melanie Hull, a communications advisor with Elections BC, said there were power outages at Peter Ewart Middle School, and Richard Bulpitt Elementary School in Langley East.
“The power has come back on and we didn’t have to close these voting places,” she added.
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