By Jaryn Vecchio
Mar 5, 2021 2:21 PM
The municipality is temporarily closing off sections of multiple roads and trails as they prepare for river breakup.
Starting on March 8, you won’t be able to travel along Clearwater Drive from Father Mercredi Street to Franklin Avenue.
Parts of Main Street, Hardin Street, Riedel Street, Hospital Street, Queen Street, and Marshall Street near the Clearwater River are also being closed off.
A portion of Fontaine Crescent in Longboat Landing, a section of Parkview Drive in Ptarmigan Court, and part of the Highway 63 East Service Road in Taiga Nova Eco-Industrial Park are also being temporarily blocked off.
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By Jaryn Vecchio
Jan 13, 2021 4:08 PM
Ptarmigan Court residents at one of last year s flood open houses // Jaryn Vecchio - Harvard Broadcasting
Ptarmigan Court property owners are being asked to contact the municipality about whether they would like a buyout or have their home raised.
Wood Buffalo council approved offering buyouts to residents in the neighbourhood back in December due to the ‘impracticality’ of providing structural flood mitigation.
Temporary flood barriers will be placed prior to this year’s river breakup, however, there are currently no plans for any mitigation in the neighbourhood afterward.
Ptarmigan is the only flood-prone area – which includes downtown, Longboat Landing, Draper, Waterways, and Taiga Nova Eco-Industrial Park – where owners are currently being offered buyouts.
By Jaryn Vecchio
Dec 15, 2020 7:03 PM
The floodwater near the Willow Square Continuing Care Facility and Northern Lights Regional Health Centre // Photo taken by McMurray Aviation
The RMWB is officially setting up a one million dollar sanitary sewer backwater prevention program.
Wood Buffalo council met on Tuesday where they approved allocating the funds to ensure those who don’t have a backwater valve can get one at limited costs.
During April’s flood, river water entered the sanitary sewer system through manholes which resulted in many properties being damaged as they didn’t have the valve to prevent their basements from flooding.