Prince George,B.C.-  Two projects that are to mitigate erosion of river banks have been given the gree light by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

 

The Regional District has  approved an agreement with the Miworth Community Association that calls on the Association to provide project management for a $455,079 project to add 185 metres of rock armouring along the bank of the Nechako River in Miworth. The Provincial Flood Protection Program is providing 90% of the project costs, with the remaining 10% funded locally.

 

Funding from the same program has also been received to support a similar project in Shelley, along the Fraser River.

 

The total cost of the project in Shelley is just over $1 million.  Again, 90% of that will come from the provincial program, leaving over $100,000 to be funded locally. At a community meeting on June 16, residents in the affected area agreed to look at parcel taxes to cover the cost.

 

The Regional District will now move ahead with a petition to those residents to determine the support for a parcel tax. The Board will also review draft service establishment and loan authorization bylaws at the next meeting.