HAZELTON – New Democrat MLA for Stikine Doug Donaldson is welcoming $740,000 in provincial funding that will help protect properties in Telkwa from the threat of floods.

The funding will improve flood protection to commercial and residential properties in the town core and Riverside Street. The project will include installing flood boxes and raising the Riverside Street Dike and Eddy Park Dike.

“This work will help keep people and properties in Telkwa safe,” said MLA Donaldson. “This funding is important for empowering communities, especially those like Telkwa with little non-residential property tax, to make important improvements to disaster resiliency.”

Funding is provided through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF), and is part of more than $12 million in provincial emergency preparedness funding supporting flood mitigation projects in communities all across B.C.

Since New Democrats formed government in July 2017, communities across B.C. have received more than $40 million through CEPF, which has enhanced the preparedness and resiliency of local governments and First Nations communities for emergencies such as floods or wildfires.

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