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Originally Posted by Bigtime
As to the bolded part, was that the first post of mine you have ever read?
There are plenty of century homes and slightly younger on small lots in Sunnyside, a very small minority sit on larger, subdividable lots and the market over the last few years has been taking care of those (just lookup Stonebriar Crafted Homes).
You do realize we didn't flood because of the Bow breaking over the berm right? Our old inadequate storm sewers couldn't handle the influx of water coming down to them from communities up above and we got flooded as a result of that. Upgrades can be made there to at least give us a better chance next time.
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I have read your posts and was surprised by what I read as opposition to bulldozing and increased densification.
I do realalize that Sunnyside didnt flood from going over the berm and if in general increasing pumping capacity and storm sewer design is cheaper than bulldozing and rebuilding without basements the we should do it. But the provinces principle of if you dont do what you can as an individual then you arent covered is sound.
Its going to take a combination of measures to reduce the effect of floods and the most economic option should be chosen even if that means some peoples homes arent rebuilt.
The best example is high river or the banks of the elbow river where they have more frequent issues. Should we continue to pay multiple instances on these areas when we could move them. At some point the cost, if it is regular and predicable needs to be passed onto the property owner.