Diking efforts nearly complete in city
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This article was published 16/03/2011 (5648 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Construction of earth dikes across Brandon is nearly complete.
City officials said 60,000 cubic metres of soil has been used so far to shore up the primary flood protection measure required, said Ian Christiansen, the city’s acting general manager of development services.
That construction has moved at a pace of approximately 3,000 cubic metres per day.
"Construction of the dike is on schedule," said Brian Kayes, Brandon’s emergency co-ordinator. "The river traditionally floods around mid-April to mid-May and it looks like we are on pace for something similar to that this year."
The dikes are being built to heights of 1183.6 feet above sea level at the First Street bridge, approximately two feet above the projected one-in-100-year flood crest expected on the Assiniboine River.
Dike construction is expected to reach completion in a matter of days.
The next provincial flood forecast will be on March 23.
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