by Sue McFadden | Feb 1, 2020 | Lisgar Flooding, What's On
41 homes reported flooding On January 10-12, 2020, the Lisgar area of our city received 64 mm of rainfall over a 30 hour period. The first reports of flooding in basements was received by the Ward 10 office around 5 pm on Saturday, January 11. Since then, 40 more...
by Sue McFadden | Jan 14, 2020 | Lisgar Flooding, What's On
To date, 29 properties have reported flooding, ranging from water seepage on the foundation walls to several inches of water on the basement floor. The hardest hit area this time was near the Osprey Blvd bridge where the Sixteen Mile Creek opens into the marsh. A...
by Sue McFadden | Jan 12, 2020 | Lisgar Flooding, What's On
Several homes near the Sixteen Mile Creek in Lisgar reported flooding following last night’s heavy and sustained rainfall. Even as the High Water Protocol (HWP) was invoked, it appears the pumps could not move the water out of the Foundation Drain Collector...
by Sue McFadden | Jan 10, 2020 | Lisgar Flooding, What's On
Construction has started on the two pieces of infrastructure designed to mitigate future flooding of basements on properties in the Black Walnut area adjacent to the Sixteen Mile Creek. The work is being carried out by Clearway Construction Inc. Both pieces –...
by Sue McFadden | Oct 1, 2019 | Lisgar Flooding, What's On
A significant milestone has been reached in our ongoing work to mitigate water seepage into basement foundations of homes near the creek in the Lisgar District. The tender has been posted for construction of the pump station that will automatically remove water from...
by Sue McFadden | Oct 1, 2019 | Community Centre, What's On
Progress on the construction of the new Community Centre and Sports Park continues to move ahead. The massive staircase that will be an architectural feature of the building’s interior was delivered last month. With the roof, plumbing, electrical and steel structures...
