“This will ensure that spring water moves more efficiently through the municipality. Also a number of culverts are damaged, so it allows us to replace those probably faster than we may have before and we don’t have to use as many rate payer dollars to do it.” While this past year has passed without spring flooding, it has been an issue in the past. In 2017, the municipality declared a state of emergency after high water levels and river ice led to the closure of 22 roads in the community. There are about 3,600 culverts within the rural municipality. Yorke said that over the past three years, their asset management co-ordinator has inspected every culvert within the municipality, choosing the 31 locations that were “in desperate need” of replacement.