The local riverbank erosion. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

By Alison Sandstrom

earth shattering

Portion of riverbank collapses

Sep 18, 2020 | 1:48 PM

The City of Prince Albert says there is no immediate risk of further erosion, after a piece of riverbank collapsed along the Rotary Trail in the West Flat.

Parks manager Tim Yeaman told paNOW the city learned of the erosion event yesterday morning.

To keep people away from the edge, Yeaman said crews will install snow fencing and signage at the location today.

“There is no danger to the public in terms of any more slumpage,” Yeaman said. “The only danger is walking close to that area, so that’s why we just want to fence it off and remind people to stay away from there.”

Yeaman said the city’s director of public works informed him the erosion was likely caused by a drop in the river level.

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“That pressure of the water actually holding against the river bank, once that released, that river bank just let go,” Yeaman said.

While the city doesn’t anticipate any further erosion at this point, Yeaman said there are concerns about how rising river levels in the spring could affect the area. For that reason the city plans to realign the trail further away from the bank before spring 2021.

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