The question of streets flooding with storm runoff in the Killdeer area came up at Monday's meeting of North Battleford city council. Councillors were assured measures are going to be taken to improve the situation.
There was flooding during a storm last year and again this year.
Stewart Schafer, director of operations and maintenance, said the storm in question was a one-in-10-year storm.
"Our storm water sewer systems are designed for one-in-two for the pipes, and the streets are designed to take the rest up to a one-in-10 – and then we are in trouble," he said.
There are plans to mitigate the issue, however,
"Following this fall, we will be going in and digging out the ditch along Territorial Drive to get rid of some of the sediment that is slowing stuff down, that's keeping the drainage from happening faster, and get that going," said Schafer.
