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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
I've only been reading articles in the herald, but it seems to me the city is under the impression that only one river flood last year. Almost every single expense, thought about mitigation or unit of energy the city/province puts into preventing future floods via large scale projects is all about the Elbow River. Am I missing something? I admit I haven't attended any symposiums or spent more than 10 minutes at neighborhood updates as I turn around when I figure out the city is well versed in talking tons but saying nothing.
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It's because the Elbow caused the most damage and mitigation is significantly more difficult. Less needs to be done to deal with the Bow and it is easier to do because there aren't the same constraints to deal with (river side on the Bow is not the same as river side on the Elbow) which make it cheaper. Flood mitigation for the Bow is effectively improving banks to handle more volume while flood mitigation for the Elbow is finding a way to reduce the volume altogether, not easy or cheap.