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Premier David Eby said flood-resilience upgrades to Abbotsford's Barrowtown Pump Station will safeguard the area in the near term, but long-term protections involve ongoing negotiations between the provincial and federal governments and officials in Washington state.
Barrowtown project designed to make Sumas Prairie more resilient to flooding
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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A critical pump station that came dangerously close to being overwhelmed by floodwaters in British Columbia in November 2021 will receive almost $80 million in upgrades to provide future disaster protection, Premier David Eby said Wednesday.
Premier David Eby says his government will provide almost $80 million to help upgrade Abbotsford's Barrowtown Pump Station, which was nearly overwhelmed in 2021 by atmospheric rivers that set off catastrophic flooding in the Sumas Prairie.