Prince George, B.C.- The City of Prince George is filing an application for funding for two flood mitigation projects.

The first project (which is the priority project) is for $300 thousand dollars worth of engineering and preparation of paperwork to be sent to  the regulatory agencies,  and contract documents for the construction of an offset dyke along River Road .  The offset dyke would  run from  the west end of the Brink property  to the  east end of River Road, just before it reaches the  CN Bridge.

The second project carries a budget of just under $400 thousand for two phases gravel extraction of the Cottonwood Island Flood Relief Channel.

Phase one costs $180 thousand and would see sediment removed fro the mouth of the existing Cottonwood Island side channel in the Nechako, and provide some erosion protection to stabilize the riverbank,

Phase two costs $210 thousand and would cover the engineering, and preparation of documents for regulatory agency approvals as well as preparation of contract documents.

If a project is approved, the City would have to come up with one third of the funding and the project would have to be completed by February 26^th of 2010.