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By Nigel Maxwell

Flooding

Buckland council discusses solutions to flooding and speeding

Nov 17, 2020 | 5:00 PM

A price tag is attached to a flooding solution in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Buckland but it remains unclear who will pay for it.

A total of four properties in the Shell River Heights area were impacted last spring by flooding. In one case there was nearly two and a half feet of water in a woman’s trailer. At its meeting Monday, the R.M. council learned a berm was built at a cost of $11,590. Division 3 Councillor Orest Romanchuk explained the berm should hold back almost 12 feet of water.

“It’s a positive step,” he said.

Administrator Cori Sarginson explained if a similar flooding situation occurs, the berm won’t help much, but added it will be an asset for average spring flooding.

One example of a number of flooded properties in the R.M. of Buckland. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

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At a previous public meeting, plans were discussed to purchase a bigger solution at a cost of $70,000, and three property owners agreed to help pay for it. Romanchuk inquired about the R.M.’s financial status and after being told the R.M. was in a good position, suggested the R.M. pay the $11,000. He quickly added the council should inform residents this was the last time the R.M. was paying for solutions.

“From here on in, you’re on your own,” he said.

Meanwhile Reeve Don Fyrk took a more cautious stance.

“If we pay for it then we are assuming all the liability,” he said.

The discussion has been tabled to a future meeting.

When contacted by phone Tuesday, Romanchuk explained the original plan was scrapped due to the projected cost.

Speed bump

By next summer, traffic on Red Wing road, near the Mark’s 9 turnoff, will be forced to slow down.

A resolution has been passed to install a speed bump on the west side of the intersection. Noting the amount of speeders in the area, Don Fyrk explained simply putting up more speed signs wouldn’t work for people who don’t take the time to read them.

“So then I thought if we put up a stop sign and they have to stop there in the winter, that hill gets pretty icy and they wouldn’t be able to get up the hill,” he said.

The cost of the speed bump has not yet been calculated, but construction has been planned for the spring.

Fyrk expressed his concern that if something wasn’t done, a vehicle would end up off the road and into a nearby house.

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