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Originally Posted by SebC

Unless I read the information wrong, there is no ban on development, just no future aid for development in the floodplains.

A bit of both:

In a rare Sunday news conference, Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths announced the province will ban new development in floodways — the areas subject to the most destructive flows in so-called “100-year floods.”

The province will allow — and pay for — the repair and rebuilding of damaged homes in floodways, but it will not pay for damages from future floods on refurbished homes in those zones, he said. If a property owner chooses to relocate, the province will provide financial assistance for a new home.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...475/story.html