No official cause of the mudslide, which destroyed a home and killed one person, has been determined yet
The Sea to Sky Highway linking Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., has been closed in both directions after a mudslide near Lions Bay brought down trees and debris to block the road as shown in this handout image on Dec. 14.Provincial and municipal authorities will be reviewing whether anything could have been done to prevent torrents of mud that slid into the Lions Bay over the weekend, destroying a home and killing one resident of the village north of Vancouver.
In the report, which is on the village’s website, Cordilleran Geoscience noted that, up to that point, Lions Bay could ask for individual risk assessments from real estate developers under provincial legislation. “We have not, during my tenure, had any discussions in that regard,” said Mr. Berry, who was elected in 2022. “And, quite honestly, we’re focused on the events that are taking place right now.”
He said this risk is exacerbated by hundreds of kilometres of “orphan roads” built by companies who are no longer licensed to extract natural resources in the area, and thus, no longer obligated to maintain these pathways to ensure they drain properly. “It means that nobody has any responsibility for that road, it could be a road built for any reason, but nobody has any responsibility to inspect it and maintain it,” he said.
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