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Originally Posted by Slanter
The Red River floodway was expanded to a capacity of 4000 cm3/s at a cost of more than half a billion dollars.
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I think that's important to note...
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Originally Posted by Slanter
Second thing... The Red River floodway is built to withstand a 1-700 year flood. So those of you saying "well, it doesn't happen that often in Calgary" or, "makes more sense in Winnipeg, because it floods more often"... You're missing the point.
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I dunno. I still feel like opportunity cost is huge. The Red floodway has paid for itself more than 10x over in damages saved. A Bow floodway might not ever pay for itself.