Expert cautions province against flood mitigation plan
Posted Oct 21, 2013 7:53 am.
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A flood expert is warning the province to review its flood data before it begins action to prevent the next big disaster.
A poll for The Calgary Herald finds 62 per cent of Albertans are in favour of a $830-million plan to protect Calgary and High River from floods.
However, Professor Ed Watt from Queen’s University tells the paper, officials should be questioning the cost-effectiveness of the project.
Watts says keeping people away from the water should be key, which means we should be restricting development in certain areas.
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