A lot of hope’ for trained workers after Ontario designates NextBridge to construct East-West Tie Line – CBC
Feb 07, 2019
Last week, the province designated NextBridge as the official partner company to construct
The chairman of the board for Supercom Industries — a 100 per cent First Nation owned company that’s been recruiting and training workers for the East-West Tie Line from Thunder Bay to Wawa — says the uncertainty around which company will ultimately build the transmission line “created a lot of confusion” among their students.
Last week, the province announced that it has issued an Order in Council (OIC) and a ministerial directive designating NextBridge as the official partner company on the construction of the approximately 450-kilometre long transmission line in northwestern Ontario.
This came after Hydro One submitted their bid in 2018, saying that they could build the line at a lower cost.
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