City to Start Work to Clear Channel for Nechako Flow
Prince George, B.C. – Cottonwood Island Park is off limits now from the Cameron Street replica bridge to the boat launch as the City prepares to clear some ice to allow water to flow through the channel under the replica bridge.
The City will start excavating ice this afternoon from the Nechako where it meets the replica bridge back channel .
City Hall spokesperson, Rob Van Adrichem says the City is maintaining its level one emergency operations status and continues to monitor water levels on the Nechako River.
The long cold snap caused ice to form along the Nechako , and stationary ice is now about 12 kilometres in length from the confluence with the Fraser River upstream to Pharaoh Road which is at the west end of Toombs Drive.
The Nechako flow levels at Isle Pierre remain in the 200 cubic metre per second range.
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So, are we going to be seeing this again, or some other form of floating backhoe?
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In the back channel they should be able to clear it with backhoes from the edge of the channel. It is not all that wide.
City Hall Spokesperson ? Rob Van who ?
When did we get a spokesperson ? :-)
Every time I hear about the water rising I think about the garbage dump that used to be down there. Wonder if any of that crap is leaching in to the river.
More than likey it is. Unfortunately, every town along every river is dumping “treated” sewage and storm water into the watershed.. Just as alot of industry is dumping “treated” process water and effluent. While an old dumpsite may be leaching runoff, it is significantly less harmful than what gets released on purpose into the water every minute of every day.
Our parent’s parents unknowingly started a legacy that only our children’s children will ever fully realize the consequences of. Only in the past 2 decades did we start thinking that certain things should not be put into landfills. Someday dumping unclean water will be a taboo as well.
WAY off topic, I know.
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