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SERVING MISSION SINCE 1908
Flooding plan needs action, says mayor
A super sight
Fraser has potential to create Canada’s worst natural disaster, says Fraser Basin Council Carol Aun and Jeff Nagel MISSION RECORD
Senior governments need to invest more money on work to protect communities along the Fraser River against potential flooding, not more studies, said Mission Mayor Ted Adlem this week after the Fraser Basin Council (FBC) released its Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy initiative, which aims to pull together a coordinated action plan with costs within two years. “We know where our issues are and we know where work needs to be done,” said Adlem. “We don’t need more studies … The whole thing has been studied to death.” Areas that need improving in Mission are the Mission Dike from the Harbour Authority building on Harbour Avenue to the West Coast Express staging area and the Silverdale Dike. There is no right-of-way for the district to improve the Mission Dike, and the Silverdale Dike, a non-standard agricultural berm, would also require several million dollars in land acquisition and construction to
bring it up to the required standards, according to a district staff report prepared by director of development services Mike Younie earlier this year. Younie also noted work needs to be done to raise the Lane Creek and Chester Creek pump stations. In addition to elevating the dikes, governments also need to dredge the river, said Adlem. “If we don’t do something about dredging the river, which is rising, and if we study the river again, which we already know where the problems are, we’re never going to accomplish a safe river or safe dikes,” he added. “The biggest issue is where is the money going to come from?” In April, Mission council refused to provide more funding to the FBC for plan development. Mission already contributed $6,426 this year to FBC work through the Fraser Valley Regional District. According to a district staff report, $1,875 of Mission’s contribution was used to help fund the strategy. FBC chair Colin Hansen said CONTINUED ON 5
Saturday night’s astronomical event, a supermoon, is seen here in Mission as it crests the CPR bridge across the Fraser River. The phenomenon occurs when the moon is about 50,000 km closer to the Earth than normal. The event BOB FRIESEN PHOTO is also known as the moon being in perigee. It will happen again this year on Aug. 10 and Sept. 9.
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