Building on initiatives and projects planned out in 2013, the province of Alberta is continuing recovery and mitigation from the June 2013 floods with $1.1B in spending over the next three years.
$518M is expected to be spent in the period of 2014-15 alone.
The amounts are broken down as follows:
- $32M for local flood mitigation
- $28M in property tax relief
- $35M to complete the floodway relocation program
- $25M for flood recovery erosion control grants
- $3.5M to complete flood hazard studies, update the existing map and map new areas
- $25M to support mental health initiatives and general well-being of flood-impacted Albertans
- $4M to repair and protect health facilities from future flooding
- $25M for education initiatives, including flood mitigation for damaged schools, enrolment and program stabilization and supports for modular classrooms
- $36M for flood mitigation on roads and bridges;
- $9.7M for water and wastewater management projects
- More than $9M for mitigation projects in provincial parks
The province also says that an additional $800M will be spent on Disaster Recovery Program initiatives this year.
They include mitigation, repairs to infrastructure, and recovery assistance for property owners.
There have been more than 4,500 payments through the DRP totaling more than $46M.
The province has pledged to complete 90 percent of the outstanding residential DRP applications by the end of the month.
