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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Shoot me if that ever happens, specifically the garage part.
Also in the name of progress we demolish some of the oldest homes in the city to build new flood proof ones? How about we fix the infrastructure problem that caused the flooding and endeavour to keep some of our old buildings around instead?
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Are you an inner city person against densification? All of the hundred year old homes on subdividable lots need to be bull dozed and infilled. Perferably with higher density than just 2 SFH.
Infastructure isnt going to stop this from happening again. If there is a plan that is cost compitive with rebuild flood plain homes properly then I am all for it. If it is cheaper to flood proof and rebuild then we should do that. Keeping hundred year old homes just contributes to sprawl, increases power and heating consumption and now as we can see are at a higher risk of flooding.
If this can be fixed buy increasing berm heights on the bow and putting bike paths on them sign me up but otherwise forcing home owners to build better with assistance from the province is better.