Master Plan Objectives
- Understand the causes of basement, surface, and coastal flooding.
- Identify areas vulnerable to basement, surface, and coastal flooding.
- Identify and evaluate short-term and long-term solutions to reduce the risks and impacts of this flooding.
- Identify improvements to City infrastructure.
- Identify actions homeowners can take to reduce their risk of flooding and reduce strain on the City's system.
- Develop preliminary designs and cost estimates for the recommended infrastructure improvements.
- Recommend an implementation strategy.
Community Engagement
To keep the community informed of this study and to obtain valuable feedback regarding the study's recommendations, an enhanced level public engagement was implemented. The master plan's engagement plan included;
- Several popup events
- Public information centres
- Flooding Survey for residents
- Project website (weatheringthestorm.ca)
- A Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC)
- Engagement with regulative agencies, first nations and adjacent municipalities.
Evaluation of Alternative Solutions
Using the Evaluation of Alternative Solutions City-Wide Sewer Computational Model, alternative solutions various were developed to meet the established level of service.
Alternative solutions Does it were evaluated following the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process, comparing each solution based on a number of evaluation criteria.
The recommended solutions summarized in this document represent the preferred solution determined through this process.
Master Plan Section 6.0 And Appendix G