PRRD to host meeting to discuss Hudson’s Hope work camp permit application

Update, April 1st, 12.30 p.m.: An earlier version of this article claimed the land where the work camp has been proposed was owned by the PRRD. This is not the case: the land is privately owned. Energeticcity.ca is happy to set the record straight.

HUDSON’S HOPE, B.C. — The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) is hosting a meeting next week to collect public feedback on a permit application for a work camp near Hudson’s Hope.

According to a notice issued by the PRRD on March 31st, the district is set to consider an application for a temporary use permit.

If the permit is approved, a 30-worker camp would be established on a 10-hectare plot of land southwest of Fort St. John and east of Hudson’s Hope.

The permit would last for three years.

A meeting for residents to provide input on the situation is being held at the PRRD’s office in Dawson Creek on Thursday, April 10th at 10:00 a.m.

The district has held similar meetings for temporary use permit applications in the past, including one in October for a much larger work camp near Hudson’s Hope and Fort St. John.

For residents who want to share their thoughts but can’t attend, written comments are being accepted until 4:00 p.m. on April 9th.

Those can be submitted by emailing the district.