2007 Annual Business Development Report - Niagara Falls, Ontario ...

2007 Business Development Report34Ontario Power Generationhas contracted HatchEnergy, located indowntown Niagara Falls,and Strabag AG, a largeconstruction group withextensive experience inlarge tunnel construction,as the design-buildcontractors for the NiagaraTunnel Project.One ‘Powerful Tunnel’Ontario Power Generation’sNiagara Tunnel Project consistsof boring a 10.4 km long tunnel140 metres below the City ofNiagara Falls. Once complete, thenew tunnel will help generateenough electricity to power morethan 160,000 homes each year.Ontario Power GenerationNiagara Tunnel ProjectProgress continued to be made on OntarioPower Generation’s, Sir Adam Beck Niagara3 rd Tunnel Project in 2007. Construction of the10.4 km tunnel under the City of Niagara Fallsstarted in 2005 and will continue over the nextseveral years with an expected completiondate in 2010. Once complete, the new tunnelwill connect the Sir Adam Beck generatingstations to the upper Niagara River, southof Dufferin Islands and help create enoughhydroelectricity to power a city twice the sizeof Niagara Falls.The $985 million Niagara Tunnel Project isexpected to generate an additional 1.6 billionkilowatt hours of clean, reliable power —enough to meet the needs of 160,000 homesannually. During the multi-year buildingperiod, the project will create approximately230 full-time construction jobs, most in skilledtrades and will reach 350 jobs at the project’speak.www.opg.com/power/hydro/new_projects/ntp/ntp_overview.asp