The City of Calgary is inviting feedback on future floodplain policies and regulations. There is a virtual engagement session running tonight, January 31 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. SPACE REGISTER HERE for the Jan 31 virtual event SPACE This event is part of a series of public engagement opportunities being hosted by the Calgary River Valleys Project (CRVP) between January 29 to March 3. We will be publishing a more detailed post […]

We have worked very hard to engage the provincial government in the development of floodway development regulations (FDR) we know are coming, but without success. We’ve stressed that the implementation of the revised flood mapping initiative, which will likely expand the defined “floodway” to include hundreds if not thousands of properties along both rivers and into the downtown, must be coordinated with the development of the FDR, so as not […]

The Alberta Government enacted Bill 27, Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act, in December 2013, which amends the Municipal Government Act. The Act allows the Cabinet of the Alberta Government to make specific regulations to limit development in a floodway (“Floodway Regulation”), The stated purpose of the Floodway Regulation will be to ensure a consistent minimum level of land use control in flood hazard areas is applied across the Province (though […]

Further to the newly released draft provinical Flood Hazard Maps, the City of Calgary is inviting public feedback on future floodplain policies and regulations for existing and new zones. We recognize digesting the survey materials and responding is a daunting effort, thus this resource has been provided as information for members to consider as they craft their own responses. Download the PowerPoint resource: CRCAG’S RESPONSES TO THE CALGARY RIVER VALLEYS […]

What’s happening? The Government of Alberta recently released draft updated Flood Hazard Area maps reflecting the latest understanding of flood risk across Alberta, and a new approach to flood hazard area zones. All flood hazard area zones are defined to reflect a 1:100 flood, which is the provincial design flood standard. Essentially, how would water flow away from a river experiencing a 1:100 year flood event? In the new approach, […]

The Province has published draft Flood Hazard Area Maps and public engagement is now open until February 12. Engagement is being conducted online through a 3-minute long survey. Before you submit the survey, we’re sharing Calgary-relevant information and surfacing key highlights you’ll want to consider. At our 2023 AGM in November, the matter of Flood Hazard Area Maps received significant interest. Both for the new designation of “high hazard flood […]

Alberta Environment and Parks has released draft flood inundation maps and reports and public feedback is being accepted until January 15, 2021. Although it is the the Bow and Elbow River and Upper Bow River flood studies we are most interested in, the public engagement is part of a larger initiative for 18 new flood studies, covering over 1,500 kilometres of river through more than 60 municipalities and First Nations. It is important to note that […]

Click, click, click, click. Like the odometer on an old junker, the time just clicks by, moment by moment. The years (7), months (84), days (2,555), hours (61,320), and minutes (3,679,200) since the 2013 flood, just keep clicking by. And still not one stone has been disturbed upstream on the Elbow or Bow rivers, to effect the mitigation that this City and southern communities so desperately needs, as it always […]

In the lead-up to the federal election, Mayor Naheed Nenshi was in the media multiple times speaking on the issue of flood mitigation. Op-ed in Globe and Mail Mayor Nenshi penned a to-the-point op-ed in the Globe and Mail calling out the federal government for delays on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project (SR1). We can’t get what we need built. And the blame can largely be laid at the feet […]

Join us at the Royal Canadian Legion #1, 116 7 Ave SE on Thursday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.) to hear first-hand what your government is doing to protect you from future flooding. To bring you up-to-speed on key flood mitigation initiatives for Calgary, we’ve confirmed the following speakers for our upcoming Annual General Meeting on September 19: Hon. MLA Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation, Government […]