Province of Nova scotia/ Province de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Published purpose

HRM recently finalized the flood risk assessment study under NDMP Stream 1. The study assessed flood risk in flood prone areas across HRM selected from over 900 such sites. The study highlighted that significant parts of development within the Municipality were built within large natural watershed systems, and more specifically built within the floodplains of those watersheds. The Sackville Rivers system was identified as the highest priority area for flooding mitigation under the Stream 1 NDMP. Having completed the analysis under both Stream 1 and Stream 2 of NDMP, HRM is in a position to move forward with a mitigation planning study under Stream 3 of NDMP using results of previous studies as the foundation. This study will assess in further detail the engineering feasibility of potential flood remediation measures for this system for the high risk area