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Flooding help

A project to reduce flood threats on Coquitlam's Scott and Hoy creeks will soon have cash flowing into city hall, thanks to a grant from senior governments.

A project to reduce flood threats on Coquitlam's Scott and Hoy creeks will soon have cash flowing into city hall, thanks to a grant from senior governments.

On Wednesday, the provincial and federal governments announced $310,000 to build bypass sediment trapping facilities on the two watercourses; the funding makes up two-thirds of the cost.

Last year, the city of Coquitlam re-started its draft Scott Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan that shows a number of "fixes" to the watershed that's rated as one of the worst by Metro Vancouver standards. The $6.5-million project to upgrade the stormwater management and environmental measures will include containment of urban run-off pollution, controlling erosions and sedimentation, and helping stream base flows.

The watershed plan was put on hold in 2008 while the city developed its on-site rainwater management strategy, aimed at protecting homes from flooding while preserving the area's natural hydrology (that strategy is also in the recently adopted Partington Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan for the new Burke Mountain neighbourhood).

The Scott Creek watershed - a residential area that saw development start more than 25 years ago - is about 1,950 hectares in size and spans from Port Moody to Pinetree Way, and Como Lake Avenue to the top of Westwood Plateau.

jwarren@tricitynews.com