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Anticipated flooding that could impact 400 properties along the Ottawa River prompted the City of Ottawa to launch enhanced emergency operations Wednesday.
Laila Gibbons, the city’s director of parks, forestry and stormwater services, said there could be some “minor” flooding, particularly in West Carleton communities. The city has mobilized departments to co-ordinate a flood response, she said.
“We have been monitoring water levels along the Ottawa River since February and we continue to closely monitor the areas impacted by last year’s flooding,” Gibbons told reporters at city hall late Wednesday afternoon.
Gibbons said flood information centres will open Thursday and Friday in Constance Bay, Fitzroy Harbour, Britannia and Cumberland. The city has been deploying sand and sandbags to various parts of the city since the beginning of March and, according to Gibbons, additional locations were added Wednesday as a precaution. (The city has a video on its website educating people on how to make a sandbag wall).
“We are looking at slightly above levels than the normal levels coming in over the next two to three days, so there is a possibility of the annual flooding and a little bit more,” Gibbons said. “We are being prepared just in case we do receive the waters from upstream.”
However, the city doesn’t see any indication that the water will approach the levels witnessed in spring 2017, when the bloated river flooded properties and damaged homes.
The city’s emergency operations centre is in city hall. Staff are in the centre monitoring the river levels and preparing, if necessary, to send out additional sand and sandbags.
“We are ready to go if in case we do reach those points,” Gibbons said.
The city hasn’t put out a call for individual volunteers but it has engaged professional volunteer services.
The Ottawa River Regulatory Board reported that water levels will increase this week between Deep River and the Montreal region because of the warm temperatures and rainfall.
Gibbons said Ottawa residents are nervous about rising water levels, considering the scope of the damage in 2017
“We’re more educated as well as a city,” she said. “We’re just making sure we have the resources and the assets available if we indeed need to (use them).”
A consultant critiqued the city’s flood response in 2017. The “after-action” report, whose contents were revealed in this newspaper, exposed the city’s inexperience in emergency operations and poor communications during the flood response last year.
Gibbons said the city is much more prepared this spring.
jwilling@postmedia.com
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Flood information centres
Sand and sandbag locations
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Laila Gibbons, the city’s director of parks, forestry and stormwater services, said there could be some “minor” flooding, particularly in West Carleton communities. The city has mobilized departments to co-ordinate a flood response, she said.
“We have been monitoring water levels along the Ottawa River since February and we continue to closely monitor the areas impacted by last year’s flooding,” Gibbons told reporters at city hall late Wednesday afternoon.
Gibbons said flood information centres will open Thursday and Friday in Constance Bay, Fitzroy Harbour, Britannia and Cumberland. The city has been deploying sand and sandbags to various parts of the city since the beginning of March and, according to Gibbons, additional locations were added Wednesday as a precaution. (The city has a video on its website educating people on how to make a sandbag wall).
“We are looking at slightly above levels than the normal levels coming in over the next two to three days, so there is a possibility of the annual flooding and a little bit more,” Gibbons said. “We are being prepared just in case we do receive the waters from upstream.”
However, the city doesn’t see any indication that the water will approach the levels witnessed in spring 2017, when the bloated river flooded properties and damaged homes.
The city’s emergency operations centre is in city hall. Staff are in the centre monitoring the river levels and preparing, if necessary, to send out additional sand and sandbags.
“We are ready to go if in case we do reach those points,” Gibbons said.
The city hasn’t put out a call for individual volunteers but it has engaged professional volunteer services.
The Ottawa River Regulatory Board reported that water levels will increase this week between Deep River and the Montreal region because of the warm temperatures and rainfall.
Gibbons said Ottawa residents are nervous about rising water levels, considering the scope of the damage in 2017
“We’re more educated as well as a city,” she said. “We’re just making sure we have the resources and the assets available if we indeed need to (use them).”
A consultant critiqued the city’s flood response in 2017. The “after-action” report, whose contents were revealed in this newspaper, exposed the city’s inexperience in emergency operations and poor communications during the flood response last year.
Gibbons said the city is much more prepared this spring.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
Flood information centres
- Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Centre, 262 Len Purcell Dr.
- Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre, 100 Clifford Campbell St.
- Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview Ave.
- R.J Kennedy Community Centre, 1115 Dunning Rd.
Sand and sandbag locations
- Willola Beach Road and Moorhead Drive (available May 3)
- Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Centre, 262 Len Purcell Dr.
- 4127 John Shaw Rd.
- 2941 March Rd.
- Rowatt Street, at the river
- Jamieson Street, at the river
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