“No, not a bit,” says town Coun. Tim Whitford, who chairs the Highwood River advisory committee. “We

"No, not a bit," says town Coun. Tim Whitford, who chairs the Highwood River advisory committee. "We've got a town that's been built on a flood plan, but this whole enterprise atlantis hotel nassau bahamas (the study) has been funded by the town and the Foothills M.D. So we feel a little lonely."
"It's a problem for the local munis because they deal with the developers," says Groeneveld. "That's why the government has to step in with rules that say if you allow building, you're responsible for the disaster.
We hear that certain interprovincial and federal talks are underway, that the Municipal Government Act will soon be opened for one of those conversations, that something about flooding could be in it.
Town of High River employees, such as Susan Rothwell, were filling bags with gravel on Sunday in case of flooding. Photograph by: Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald       E-mail this Gallery Print this Gallery Share this Gallery
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