Prince George Files for Flood Funds

Thursday, October 11, 2007 03:54 AM

The City of Prince George has filed for compensation from the p[rovince for extra dollars spent handling the flood of 2007.

The bill, says City Manager Derek Bates, is in the $28 thousand dollar mark.

( at left, City of Prince George crews set up a gabion dyke on River Road - opinion250 file photo)

"That is for overtime costs, and dyking efforts" says Bates.

The deadline for submissions for compensations was September 11th for most communities and their respective residents. The deadline was to be extended for the people of Vanderhoof as that situation only started to ease in mid-August.

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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on October 11 2007 7:44 AM

gabion dyke? For minite there I thought we were talking about a parade again!

How did the dyke come apart, can it be reused?

Posted by: Palopu on October 12 2007 9:47 PM

They just lifted it up in the air and left all the dirt sitting on the side of the road. They then graded the dirt into the water on the North side of the road and created a huge mud hole. I see by some car/truck tire marks that some people got stuck in the mud.

This area of River Road has been flooding for years and years. Usually the City just leaves it and lets people drive through the water, or detour through the mill yards. However this time they chose to use the Gabion Dike, and now of course are trying to get their money back from the Province.

After seeing this area flood every year more or less for the past 25 years one would think that they would have taken some action to prevent it from happening. Not bloodly likely, however give them a chance to chase another level of Government for money and they are off like a pack of baying hounds.