Miworth Residents to File Again for Bank Protection

Friday, January 16, 2009 03:55 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The Regional District of Fraser Fort George is preparing an application in the hopes of securing some funding for bank protection on the Nechako River at Island Park Drive in Miworth.

In 2008, the Regional District made three applications to Emergency Management BC for funding for erosion protection works on the Fraser and Nechako Rivers. None of the applications was successful.

Residents of Island Park Drive in Miworth are anxious to submit another application and yesterday, the Board approved preparing a new application as the Board expects there will soon be an announcement of a flood mitigation program for 2009.

This time, the amount requested will be less than half a million dollars, ($445,079) the previous request was for $1,214,062.

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Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 03:55 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: beesknees on January 16 2009 5:46 AM

When I read the headline, I thought, geez, now people up here are going to have to pay for a bank bailout, similar to our cousins in the USA. And so it all starts, here in little Miworth, I thought.

Well, I'm happy to say, its a different sort of bank protection, and the amount is far less than the billions being forked into the banks down south :-)

Posted by: He speaks on January 16 2009 7:57 AM

tee hee hee, thats a good one Beesknees

Posted by: metalman on January 16 2009 2:29 PM

A previous B.C. government approved the ruination of the Nechako and everything else that is under water, from Kenney dam to Kemano, and the problems at Kemano were the reason for abnormally high water levels in 2007 that caused the erosion of those Miworth riverbanks, so the B.C. government should fork over the funds to place rip-rap along those banks.
metalman.

Posted by: duffer on January 16 2009 3:28 PM

People shouldn't build so close to a river and then expect everyone else to bail them out.

Posted by: Lamb on January 16 2009 7:28 PM

People built in Nechako Subdivision in the l950's long before coal trains and container trains and now how about bank protection for them. Our banks are eroding and our homes suffer vibrations from CN.
Our past Councils haven't looked after the residents of this Ciy as long as they can say growth, growth, growth and to heck with the long term investment residents and what happens to their homes.