Grants and Contributions

This project is mainly for the construction of flood diversion channels as a risk mitigation plan to protect large areas of the former Town of Sussex and the former Village of Sussex Corner, in New Brunswick, from flooding. Both communities have been amalgamated into a new municipality of Sussex beginning on January 01, 2023 as a result of Local Governance Reform in the Province of New Brunswick. The first channel extends from Trout Creek to the flood plain of the Kennebecasis River and will cross Route 1 and the second channel connects Parson Brook to Trout Creek. This project also includes the construction of two overpasses on HWY 1 where it crosses the proposed channel. Flooding in Sussex pose significant threats to health and safety in the community; threats to critical infrastructure, including interruptions in essential services; significant disruptions in economic activity; and increasingly high costs for recovery and replacement of impacted assets.

The project will constructing a new effluent pumping station and rehabilitation of the existing gravity sewer main at the City of Brantford’s WWTP at 385 Mohawk St., to prevent the backup of treated effluent into the WWTP, allowing the plant to continue to function during high river levels due to ice jams and heavy rainfall. The existing 1200mm gravity sewer and three manholes located along the existing gravity sewer will be lined and sealed to accommodate pressurized effluent discharge during high river levels.

The project involves raising and reconstructing the southern dyke of the Hillman Marshland for a 1 in 100 year peak water level to avoid flooding of southern Leamington and the Caldwell First Nations. The Caldwell First Nation will work with Essex Region Conservation Authority and the Municipality of Leamington. The project will also add armor stone to the northern face of the Hillman Marshland to lessen the impacts of tidal forces against the dyke. Clay will also be added to strengthen the dyke’s ability to withstand tidal forces. As muskrats have dug holes into the dyke, the muskrats will be relocated and the holes will be filled. By rehabilitating the dyke, Caldwell First Nation lands as well as residential and agricultural lands along the southern Point Peele peninsula will be protected.

The project seeks to mitigate coastal erosion and flooding along the north shore of Crowbush Cove, PEI through rehabilitating the existing rock revetment, as well as implementing enhancements to the dune. The exposed rock revetment rehabilitation measures will include extending and raising the existing exposed rock revetment to protect against further erosion. The enhancements to the dune will include implementing beach nourishment, sand fencing and marram grass plugs along the existing buried revetment. The outcomes of the project will protect the shoreline and the surrounding community (including the sandy beach at Lakeside to the east of the project area), as well as enhance the longevity of the project’s existing assets such as the rock revetment.

In order to achieve the objective of mitigating the risk of natural flood disasters, the project has four elements (1) Rehabilitation of the east wall/dike (2) Rehabilitation of the west wall (3) Resilient redevelopment of the river (4) Shoreline stabilization. For the first element (1), since a portion of the wall gave way during the 2023 floods, it is imperative to repair this structure. The event also showed that the wall was not high enough for water levels like the one on May 1. The structure will also be raised. The final shape will be either a wall or a dike or a combination of these two shapes. It should be noted that this structure protects the Saint-Joseph/Ménard neighbourhood, which includes nearly 200 properties as well as a provincial road, Route 362. For the second element (2), since a portion of the wall collapsed during the 2023 floods, it is imperative to repair this structure. This structure protects the residences and businesses of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Street, which is the city's main street and heritage street. It should be noted that the subsidence of this structure could cause landslides and damage to properties that the structure protects less and less. For the third element (3), it is essentially a question of optimising the hydraulic section of the river, i.e. the space available for flow. This work is necessary because sedimentation over time has limited this space, increasing the water level and therefore the risk of flooding. Also, the wheelbase of the train bridge piers downstream of the section also creates a narrowing of the flow space that may have exacerbated the water level. Thus, work to redevelop the riverbed along the entire urban section will mitigate the risk by reducing the water level during flooding. This work, although oriented towards the reduction of natural risk, will also be relevant and interesting from an ecological point of view. Indeed, this part of the project will make it possible to give back space to the river and to rehabilitate river spaces. The work will be carried out according to a hydrodynamic design that respects the natural morphology of this type of watercourse. Other banks are at risk of erosion. Stabilization is necessary on these banks. All three elements of the project are intertwined and thought out in a global and coherent way. The hydraulic study will integrate this entire strategy into the evaluation of the project components.

Following a safety study, geotechnical analyses and recurrent flooding, it is necessary to repair and rebuild the dam on rue de la Sarcelle that holds back Lake Écluse. The dam's discharge structure is also undersized for climate change and causes flooding in the upstream sector during recurrent rainfall. The objective of the project is to rebuild the dam to ensure its sustainability and resilience to climate change, as well as to provide public safety.

To carry out all the infrastructure needs in the Wabassee Creek watershed to deal with rainfall with recurrence periods of 0-100 years and climate change, and to solve all the problems of the downtown Gatineau sector. This project proposes the construction and rehabilitation of 4 structural assets and 3 natural assets including the earthen retaining structure, composed of clay core dikes and equipped with a spillway near the structure's outlet that provide essential services to the stormwater and wastewater systems

The proposed project will address flooding risks and erosion along the Lake Ontario shoreline in the Town of Lincoln. The planned shoreline improvements and road relocations will enable year-round access to the lakefront residences, businesses, farms, and parks.Our project will adapt the existing shoreline to address rising water levels in Lake Ontario as observed in 2017 and 2019. The increased lake levels, in combination with high winds, wakes and severe storm events, have caused significant road damage and shoreline erosion. Our project aims to relocate existing roads damaged by flooding and erosion, and to improve shoreline protection infrastructure in preparation for future events.

Design and construct a Reduction Facility which reduces phosphorus discharge from the Holland Marsh to improve water quality in Lake Simcoe, which is the most regulated lake in the province of Ontario where phosphorus is a key water quality concern. Given increasing severity of wet weather events and the link between urban runoff and phosphorus loading, this project will reduce phosphorus impacts and mitigate the impact of climate change.

This project is for the installation of a soft-armoring type of protection, set back from the existing shoreline, along approximately 608 m of the coast at Val-Comeau Provincial Park. Provincial Parks in New Brunswick fall under the Department of Tourism Heritage and Culture (DTHC). DTHC, due to increasing damage at this property, hired a consultant to conduct a review of options to mitigate future damage. This report determined the best, most environmentally sensitive way to complete this work while maintaining the sensitive natural dunes present on the property. The implementation of this shoreline protection should protect the park infrastructure for the foreseeable future and maintain the associated economic benefits it offers to the local community, while preserving the ecological importance of the beach and the sand dunes environment.