Article by Bruce Wark on Town's ongoing drunken sailor spending... https://warktimes.com/2019/11/05/sackville-councillors-set-to-spend-210k-to-complete-phase-ii-of-flood-control-project/
Percy Best's commentary:
"Hopefully the Councillors are well aware that now, with the completion of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure project to replace the old small wooden aboiteaux located at the Carter’s Brook causeway to Westcock with the three massive six ft diameter concrete and steel aboiteaux, the chances of major Lorne Street fresh water flooding are extremely small.
The watershed area that feeds Carters Brook is almost 50 times that of what the Town’s separate watershed area is that directly drains towards Lorne Street. Simply put, proper maintenance of our previous drainage system and a replacement of existing undersized aboiteaux would have rectified the flooding problem.
If only (our) DTI would commit to their responsibility and follow the Hilcon Report suggestions then we would not have to worry about flooding. It is THEIR dyking aboiteau system and what is needed is a good working relationship with our town management to get undersized and deteriorated aboiteau replaced.
Twice every day, at low tide, any flood waters have the opportunity to fully drain to the Tantramar River if only given the opportunity. There is no need of a diesel powered 6″ pump if only the aboiteau was properly sized. There is no need for holding ponds either if the Town ditches are wide and deep enough to accommodate the accumulation of storm water over these less than 6 hour periods of high tide.
Unbelievably the existing old wooden aboiteau out behind the Public Works Department, that the Town will continue to rely on (as well as the undersized pump), is an extremely small 18 inches square and it is eight feet higher in elevation than it should be for proper drainage ditch slope."
