Open House Follow-Up

January 31, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

This past week saw two Open Houses hosted by the Government of Alberta to advise the public on, and seek public input to, the Springbank Off-Stream Diversion Reservoir (SR1). Here’s the Government’s website on all mitigation Projects and efforts: http://www.alberta.ca/flood-projects.cfm.cfm The period for public consultation remains open and here’s the email address for you to provide your input to the Project or on any related matter or proposed Project: Springbank-Project@gov.ab.ca As always, thanks for your […]

Reminder SR1 Open House

January 27, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

CRCAG wants to remind our members of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir open houses taking place tonight and tomorrow night.Calgary, Tuesday, January 274:30-8pmRoderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning – Mount Royal University4825 Mount Royal Gate SW Cochrane, Wednesday, January 284:30-8pmCochrane RancheHouse101 RancheHouse Road

Room for the River

January 25, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

Members of your CRCAG Team met on Thursday January 22 with representatives of Alberta WaterSmart (WS), Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) and representatives from the Sunnyside community, to hear a presentation by WS and answer questions regarding the recently published “Room for the River” Report prepared by WS for the Government of Alberta (Report). The Report can be found HERE. For anyone impacted by the 2013 flood, this is a must […]

Bow River Update

January 24, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

Short update on Bow River flood mitigation The Province is currently working on plans for public information sessions to address flood mitigation options being pursued for the Bow. The timing for the information sessions will be late February or early March, 2015. Discussions between TransAlta and the Province are ongoing. TransAlta is currently examining whether the Ghost Reservoir can be drawn down further than last year’s pilot level of 1189.3m. […]

Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Open House Jan 27th and 28th

January 16, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

Dear CRCAG Members, On January 27th in Calgary and January 28th in Cochrane, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development and Alberta Transportation are hosting open houses to give Albertans a chance to learn more about the proposed Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir. As with any public engagement you need to attend and show that there is support for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir.  As members we would encourage you to attend one of the open houses to […]

Meeting Summary Alberta Transportation and Stantec

January 5, 2015 by CRC Action Group in News

Representatives from CRCAG met with representatives from Alberta Transportation, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development and Stantec on December 11, 2014 to get updates for the Springbank off-stream Reservoir Project (SR1). Highlights from Meeting  Responsibilities Alberta Transportation – Design and Build of project Stantec – Engineering and Environmental Review ESRD – Coordinate the overall approach to flood mitigation Background and completed work to date AMEC Feasibility study completed SR1 – Conceptual Design […]