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Originally Posted by Roughneck
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.
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There's no doubt that the Elbow caused more damage and its more exposed to flood events. But the bow flooded as well. Just because one river is worse it doesn't mean we should ignore the other one. And if the Bow is about improving the banks, why don't they do that? All the city has said is that they are restoring them to original levels.