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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Work Continues On Oakville Acres Flooding Problem

The long process continues to fix the flooding problems at Oakville Acres in Rothesay.
The citizen's committee met town officials from Rothesay and Quispamis along with Environment Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney and Quispamsis MLA and Finance Minister Blaine Higgs and the engineering company.
Gary Howard of the citizen's committee tells CHSJ News it's a long process to fix a problem resulting from changing weather patterns and commercial development in the K.V.

Howard says a lot of water is heading straight for Oakville Acres acting as a natural detention pond where the neighbourhood stream gets so high so fast it gets into people's basements.

He says the work continues in three phases: the clear water drainage system, a detention pond and overflow pipe.