If one First Nation or municipality goes it alone on dikes, it could affect others downstream, so a regional approach is needed, says Tyrone McNeil of the First Nations Emergency Planning Secretariat
That plan could include upgrading dikes and raising their height, but also moving or removing dikes and buying out homes to restore flood plains in B.C.’s most populous region.
“The funding moves too slow. And I charge that specifically to a lack of a regional strategy,” says Tyrone McNeil, chair of the First Nations Emergency Planning Secretariat and president of the Stó:lō Nation, a co-host of the forum. McNeil stressed it’s important to understand that if one local government or First Nation creates a flood protection measure, it has the potential to affect something downstream.
Jason Lum, chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District and the other forum co-host, stressed the status quo is simply not working. But it also may need a new authority, perhaps a Crown corporation, or a person with the authority to work with communities to make priority funding decisions, said Lum.Article content
A collaborative, regional approach that sets priorities and includes alternatives to building dikes higher, and involves First Nations and considers the environment, would be a start, she said.The B.C. government has promised a new flood strategy but not until next year. As part of that strategy, a plan that would address the need for new dikes is not slated until 2025.
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