Vows to do better after catastrophic floods in 2021 have not resulted in coherent provincewide flood mitigation strategy
And this week, the annual freshet, when waterways swell with melted snow and ice, arrived abruptly in B.C., bringing flooding and mudslides, andThe provincial government would not say how many of the province’s hundreds of dikes have been inspected since the 2021 storms, which ripped out portions of highways, railways and bridges, and destroyed homes, businesses and farms.
Twenty years ago, the provincial government off-loaded responsibility for flood protection to local governments, resulting in a patchwork of often-underfunded systems built on inadequate flood mapping. Individual communities are expected to carry out erosion mitigation work, repairs to dikes, hydrological surveys, riverbank restoration and critical infrastructure repairs.
During a news conference on Thursday, Bowinn Ma, B.C.’s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, told reporters that she will work with communities to find out how to advance their flood mitigation plans. Abbotsford has also identified vulnerabilities on another dike that is more susceptible to freshet flooding, the Matsqui dike along the Fraser River. The most recent inspection found potential erosion conditions, an unauthorized pole installation and a sinkhole near the Matsqui slough pump station.
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