City Declares State of Local Emergency
Thursday, June 7, 2012 @ 8:05 PM
Crews place gabion dike along river’s edge, ready to be filled with sand
Prince George, B.C.- The City of Prince George has declared a State of Local Emergency in order to issue evacuation orders to people living in 17 redsidences in the Farrell Street, Houston Lane and Lower Lansdowne Road area.
Paddlewheel Park has been closed for public use as it has become the staging area for filling gabion dikes.
Prince George City Hall Annex has been designated as the reception centre. All residents in the affected flood areas are asked to register by calling 250-561-7600. If required, residents are eligible for short term emergency assistance of food and shelter. These services are coordinated through the Evacuation Support Program and require in-person registration at the City Hall Annex. The reception centre is open until 9pm tonight and open again at 8:30am Friday June 8, 2012.
The City of Prince George will also be installing 900 meters of gabion basket diking on Farrell Street to protect critical public infrastructure. ( see photo above)
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This morning, at 9:20, the Fraser River was just licking the base of a viewing bench on the River bank at Paddlewheel Park, by 6 this evening, in photo at right, all you see of that same bench is the top of the backrest,
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The Provincial River Forecast Centre is predicting that elevated river levels on both the Fraser and Nechako will continue for the next several weeks. As such, evacuation alert notices will be issued to residences and businesses considered vulnerable to flooding. The City is continuing to monitor the situation and reminds residents and visitors to stay well back from the river banks due to the possibility of hidden erosion. Participation in recreational activities on the rivers is not recommended during the current hazardous conditions.
Comments
Really? A “state of emergency” so they can tell people to evacuate? How about “hey your house and road is about to flood like it has every year, you should move out”. Past that they are on their own.
I agree. Every year the waters rise, this area is subjected to flooding and evacuation. Why aren’t there permanent dykes set up all year long? This is not new news.
http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/20846/3/evacuation+order+lifted+for+west+side+of+farrell+street?id=140&st=2660
Last year’s story about the same area in July rahter than June …
It sure seems strange to me.
I have never seen gabions or simply sandbags used in that area, or did I just not notice it in other years when the water rose to the height of the top of the benches in the picnic shelter?
If I am not wrong, then these are new standards of protection.
Is this money coming from the province?
Is the City now more liable?
The City infrastructure being protected, is it new or has it been there before and simply not received this much attention?
2007 http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/6095/3/evacuation+order+issued+for+farrell+street+residents?id=140&st=13850
May 2007 ⦠sand bags brought in for residents to use http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/5791/31/localized+flooding+now+expected+along+fraser?id=&st=10904
May 2008 http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/9520
http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/9402/3/evacuation+alerts+issued+in+prince+george?id=140&st=11071
http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/5791/31/localized+flooding+now+expected+along+fraser?id=&st=10904
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