Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon - Gov't of Alberta

By Chris Brown

10 projects across province

MD of Taber to receive $13M for flood mitigation projects

Oct 8, 2020 | 1:14 PM

EDMONTON, AB. — The Municipal District of Taber is in line for nearly $13 million to improve the Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway to protect the region against overland flooding.

Officials say upgrades to the Horsefly spillway, from the main canal of the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) to the Oldman River, are the best way to increase the flood reduction capacity of the regional system.

The project will “protect water and wastewater facilities and transportation and other public infrastructure from repeated damage due to overland flooding,” said Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon.

The flood mitigation project in Taber is one of 10 flood mitigation projects across the province announced today by Nixon, totalling $45 million.

“Some of these projects will address longstanding issues that have disrupted and damaged communities in recent years while others will protect against flooding risks that thankfully have not materialized yet,” said Nixon at the announcement in Edmonton.

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Other projects announced today include $6.8 million for Edmonton to address risks posed by the North Saskatchewan River and the Cooperative Stormwater Management Initiative project in Rocky View County east of Calgary.

The government is also providing $4.5 million to the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC) for a new Climate Adaptation Program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities in Alberta better understand, manage and adjust to a changing climate. The MCCAC is a partnership between the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, Rural Municipalities of Alberta’s and the province.

An additional $3.5 million will support a new application intake for the Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program.

All the money announced is coming from the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund to create jobs through flood mitigation projects.