Lansdowne Residents Bring Riverbank Erosion Concerns To Council
Fraser River bank erosion photo courtesy DWB Consulting Services Ltd
Prince George, BC – A delegation of property owners wanting to prevent their backyards from slipping into the Fraser River will appear before City Council tonight, seeking support in their efforts to secure the estimated $1.6-million dollars needed to mitigate the erosion – of which, the city could be on the hook for one-third.
In a letter to council, group spokesperson, Tom Wilkinson, says he will be advocating on behalf of five property owners – 140-160 households in total, as one owner has three mobile home trailer parks in the area of concern – along Lansdowne Road from Pierrory to Wiens Road.
Wilkinson points out all the properties involved are above the 200-year flood plain, but says major riverbank erosion during the freshet of 2012 is now encroaching on the property boundaries.
The property owners hired an engineering firm to design and cost out a riverbank stabilization project. Wilkinson says they’d like to apply for funding available through Emergency Management BC that would see the cost shared by all three levels of government and would like the City to sign on as a proponent.
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Just apply for the grant and then attend the council meeting where they will discuss it. The properties are along a river, anyone else along a river loses property all the time during high water.
I see no issue with this if you convince the city to take it out of the IPG budget and put the rest towards roads. The money would probably be better spent on roads anyway so when people come here for a visit they are not losing tires, rims, shocks and struts
Now the taxpayers are on the hook. Shouldn’t have bought riverfront property
If I’m understanding this correctly, there are 5 property owners that own 140-160 “houses” that are in danger? And they want us to pay to keep them in business?
Where do we stop? My basement leaks in the spring, can I get everyone to chip in for the repairs please? Thanks.
Mow the whole area over and make a park. An ugly old low end trailer park is a huge waste of one of the nicest river front areas we have.
You gambled when you bought the river front property..why should we be on the hook for a bad bet?
Maybe we could build a winery, and when it goes down the river we can build a new one for them too.
Is that ok Interceptor, I agree with you Mow it….
The Council approved the Fraser Bench Outfall remediation project for a grant recently.
Looks like you are not a developer – out of luck!
So what happens down the road when the Fraser Bench area runs into the same problem? Is the city going to bail out the developer when they run into the same problem in years to come?
Quit building on river banks – plain and simple.
The amalgamated areas were promised sewer service if they voted yes to amalgamate decades ago and they got zilch. Relatively recently they were offered it but they have to pay for it themselves so why should those taxpayers help pay to fix someone else’s problem? I am sure there must be a good reason I just would like to hear it.
Council can’t afford to set a precedent like this. I predict they will be denied and rightly so. Move the trailers to a new location. End of problem. You cannot build on flood plains and expect your property to remain intact. People have to take some personal responsibility. Looks like some of those units have several years to move their portable homes. That’s plenty of time. Get on it.
It’s called maintenance. Let the owners of the properties use their profits to pay for the problem.
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