Portable Dike in P.G.

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Crews fill portable Gabion  Dike System in lower Mainland

It is called a Gabion Basket Portable Dike System. 

It is faster  and more efficient than sandbags and there is one kilometer  of it  waiting in Prince George should it be needed.

Gabions are a quickly deployed system that uses foldable wire-mesh containers five metres long, one metre deep and one metre wide. They can be rushed to trouble spots, unfolded and filled with sand by front-end loaders.  That means there could be a new dike in place in a fraction of the time it would take to manually fill sandbags and put them in place.

The  Province spent  about $1.1 million dollars for 9.5 kilometres of Gabion basket portable dikes.

In addition to the one kilometer of  Gabion baskets sitting in Prince George,   there  is also a portable dike system sitting in Kamloops and  in use in Mission.  The additional  gabion baskets will be stored in Chilliwack and will be deployed as needed. 

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