New Brunswick government releases strategy to reduce flood risk in province

FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government has released a strategy aimed at reducing the risk and damage of flooding.

The 13-page document sets out a number of objectives, such as improving flood hazard identification by producing new flood hazard maps.

The government says it will work with communities in their planning for proposed structures and land use in order to avoid flood risk.

The government says it will also look for ways to reduce the flood risk for people and infrastructure already located in flood-hazard areas.

Environment Minister Danny Soucy says the strategy is the first step in working towards long-term solutions.

Almost 900 property owners have filed damage reports totalling more than $15 million as a result of flooding in New Brunswick this spring.