Some frustrated homeowners appeared at Monday’s Saskatoon city council meeting, nearly three weeks after a downpour caused severe flooding on some streets.
Parts of Saskatoon saw more than one month of rain in less than an hour when a severe storm pounded the city on Aug. 8.
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Councillors approved a plan that includes focusing resources on maintaining and preserving storm water assets.
“The storm water system is not able to handle the kinds of rains, the short intense rains we saw on July 10 and August 8,” Mayor Charlie Clark told Global News.
“Council decided to move in the direction of getting more money for a storm water utility to come up with more permanent solutions to address the situation residents are facing.”
“It’s been very stressful for many people.”
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Homeowners hope it will alleviate some of their concerns.
“It starts in the back alley and it just comes across your yard, the resident’s yard, and comes in windows and doors and through the foundation, kind of everywhere,” said Dallas Wuschke, who lives in the Avalon area.
“You just kind of watch a wave coming into your house that you can’t stop.”
Council said it will consider all financial decisions for the plan during budget talks.
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