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March 5, 2021
RDEK and Invermere get funds for evacuation route planning
The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is receiving $171,720 and District of Invermere $21,920 in provincial government funds for evacuation route planning.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Emergency Management BC today announced 28 communities have been approved to receive their share of more than $1 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding to support evacuation route planning.
The intent of this funding stream is to support eligible applicants to develop evacuation route plans for communities that may otherwise face challenges during an evacuation due to an emergency.
“Through this program, we’ve been able to help communities better prepare for emergencies so they can be more responsive and resilient,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “These funds for evacuation route planning will help ensure more British Columbi
Lheidli T enneh receives nearly 20-grand for evacuation route planning
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Multi-Purpose Facility.
Council approved funding in the 2021 operational budget to advance the development of a new multi-purpose facility as recommended within the 2030 Recreation Master Plan. To engage a consultant through a request for proposals process, basic guidelines were needed to be set. Council directed staff to include an indoor multi-sport surface, an elevated walking track, community hall with capacity of 600-800 people, kitchen area, and a $30,000,000 maximum build in the initial concept planning.
Website Redevelopment
One of the items that council had identified as a strategic priority was the redevelopment of the district’s website. The goal of the project is to revise the existing website to ensure it is user-friendly, professional, and interactive. Fresh Inc, a web design company, presented a preliminary draft refresh of the district’s website. Final revisions will be made to content prior to going live with the new site which is projected for late March.
Dan Fumano: With flood infrastructure at high risk of failure, Vancouver seeks upgrades © Provided by Vancouver Sun UBC professor Simon Donner in Vancouver, B.C.., on February 23, 2021. As Vancouver looks to replace aging flood-prevention infrastructure that a city report says poses “high to medium-high risk of failure,” experts say this small example underlines the challenges that coastal cities face from climate change and sea-level rise. Vancouver will seek $750,000 through the province’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, after council endorsed the funding application Tuesday. The money is earmarked for replacing tide gates in Southlands, a neighbourhood near the Fraser River along the city’s southern edge that city staff say is at risk of flooding in the near future. The gates, at openings in the riverfront dike for such things as streams, close when dangerously high tides or storm
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As Vancouver looks to replace aging flood-prevention infrastructure that a city report says poses “high to medium-high risk of failure,” experts say this small example underlines the challenges that coastal cities face from climate change and sea-level rise.
Vancouver will seek $750,000 through the province’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, after council endorsed the funding application Tuesday.
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The money is earmarked for replacing tide gates in Southlands, a neighbourhood near the Fraser River along the city’s southern edge that city staff say is at risk of flooding in the near future. The gates, at openings in the riverfront dike for such things as streams, close when dangerously high tides or storm surges are anticipated.
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