Since the floods of 2013, the City of Calgary has been repairing, restoring and recovering from the damage, in addition to building flood resilience. The City is currently in the process of implementing 27 recommendations that were provided by the Panel on River Flood Mitigation.
With this process, the City is taking a citizen-focused approach, and hosting public events where Calgarians can share their opinions on proposed flood mitigation projects.
Building resiliency to flooding is a top Council priority. Since the 2013 floods, The City has repaired, restored and recovered from devastating and costly flood damage, and is working hard to build flood resilience by implementing 27 recommendations provided by the Expert Management Panel on River Flood Mitigation.
City teams have conducted a number of conceptual and technical studies, as well as in-depth reviews to better understand our water ways, flood risk, changes to the rivers after the 2013 flood and land use policies.
Our next step provides citizens across Calgary with public events where they can share their thoughtful and informed opinions on proposed flood mitigation projects. The information gathered there – along with planning principles, technical engineering studies, watershed management practices, subject matter expertise and City policy, as well as potential environmental, social and economic impacts – will inform recommendations being brought to Council in early 2017. [City of Calgary]
This month, there are a number of public events happening on flood mitigation:
- October 12: 11am – 2pm, Bow River Pathway Eau Claire, drop-in event
- October 13: 11am – 2pm, The Core Shopping Centre, drop-in event
- October 15: 2 – 5pm, Elbow River Pathway at Stanley Park, drop-in event
- October 18: 6 – 8:30pm, Hillhurst/Sunnyside Community Centre, facilitated workshop
- October 20: 6 – 8:30pm, Riverbend Community Centre, facilitated workshop
- October 22: 9:30am – 12pm, Bowness High School, facilitated workshop
- October 24: 6 – 8:30pm, Cliff Bungalow/Mission Community Association, facilitated workshop
- October 27: 6 – 8:30pm, Southern Alberta Pioneers Building, facilitated workshop
For more information on the upcoming flood mitigation public events, or the flood mitigation efforts in general, please visit the City of Calgary website.
