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This project has stopped.
The Province of Nova Scotia requires municipalities to have municipal-wide planning, which includes developing rules that are consistent with the Provincial Statement of Interest on Flood Risk.
In an effort to identify areas within the Municipality that are at risk of flooding during a 1-in-20 year and 1-in-100 year storm, we retained the services of an engineering firm to conduct flood risk modelling and mapping.
In recent meetings with residents to review and discuss the mapping, it became apparent that there can be significant discrepancies between the mapping and local knowledge from landowners regarding risk of flooding.
Given the discrepancies that have been brought to its attention, Council is not prepared to rely on the modelling/mapping as it appears to conflict with local knowledge. Consequently, Council has stopped the Flood Risk Project and removed the Flood Risk Map from our website. We are also advising the Province that we will not be proceeding with flood risk land-use regulations as part of the MODL 2040 project.
I want to thank residents for their thoughtful feedback on this issue as we would not have been able to discover the discrepancies without the local knowledge provided by our residents.
On behalf of myself and Council, I apologize for any distress or confusion this may have caused property owners and, again, we thank residents for bringing forward their concerns.
If you would like more information, please email planning@modl.ca or call (902) 530-2802.
Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
The Province of Nova Scotia requires municipalities to have municipal-wide planning, which includes developing rules that are consistent with the Provincial Statement of Interest on Flood Risk.
In an effort to identify areas within the Municipality that are at risk of flooding during a 1-in-20 year and 1-in-100 year storm, we retained the services of an engineering firm to conduct flood risk modelling and mapping.
In recent meetings with residents to review and discuss the mapping, it became apparent that there can be significant discrepancies between the mapping and local knowledge from landowners regarding risk of flooding.
Given the discrepancies that have been brought to its attention, Council is not prepared to rely on the modelling/mapping as it appears to conflict with local knowledge. Consequently, Council has stopped the Flood Risk Project and removed the Flood Risk Map from our website. We are also advising the Province that we will not be proceeding with flood risk land-use regulations as part of the MODL 2040 project.
I want to thank residents for their thoughtful feedback on this issue as we would not have been able to discover the discrepancies without the local knowledge provided by our residents.
On behalf of myself and Council, I apologize for any distress or confusion this may have caused property owners and, again, we thank residents for bringing forward their concerns.
If you would like more information, please email planning@modl.ca or call (902) 530-2802.
