Jurgens defends no show during P.A. flood plains meeting
A local MLA is defending her absence at a community session concerning a new flood plains policy which will be used in Prince Albert.
Prince Albert Northcote MLA Victoria Jurgens wasn’t at the meeting which announced the adoption of the one-in-500 year flood elevation policy.
The provincially mandated policy bars future development in the floodway – the area at greatest risk for flooding beside a waterway – and it puts a number of building requirements on new developments elsewhere. That limited area, outside the floodway, is called the flood fringe.
During the meeting, opposition NDP leader Cam Broten questioned the lack of representation from government officials to address community concerns over this new policy.