Two months
after unprecedented floods in Southern Alberta, the Redford government
continues to help Albertans recover, as well as make our province a
leader in flood prevention and protection.
In response to the
summer’s floods, government appointed an advisory panel on community
flood mitigation in July to provide direct input on flood prevention
technology from around the world to help Alberta prepare for future
flood events. The advisory panel, led by Allan Markin, is identifying
mitigation concepts and potential sites. Ideas are also being gathered
from municipalities and other government departments. To further this
work, government is now calling for requests for proposals from
professional engineering firms to provide consultant services and
conduct a feasibility study of flood mitigation sites in Southern
Alberta.
"From day one, our plan in responding to the floods has
been to look long-term at what is needed to make communities safer. The
advisory panel has done excellent work, and we’re ready to move forward
in developing detailed ideas – in partnership with municipalities and
the private sector – on larger-scale community mitigation projects that
will help protect Albertans from flood damage in the years ahead",
said Doug Griffiths, Minister of Municipal Affairs. Projects such as
water detention measures to help cap the maximum amount of water flow at
any one time by temporarily storing excess water flow, river
engineering, and water diversions may be considered through the scope of
work.
Environnement Alberta – 11-09-2013