js97
Senior Member
Talk about good timing? and a great way to have it 'tested'. 2 weeks to completion and we have one of the wettest nights in the history of Toronto.
almost Serendipity like.
almost Serendipity like.
Actually I would have thought the obvious question is: Has the flood protection landform made things worse? DVP floods twice in a month. When has that ever happened before, anybody know?
It seems possible that by protecting all that development in the Don lands we've eliminated too much of the river's natural floodplain.
Any thoughts?
DVP flooding is commonplace even during small storms before the WDL FPL.
AoD
The problem isn't Corktown Common - that's actually part of the solution. What will mitigate further flooding is the renaturalization of the mouth of the Don. Right now water is forced to make a 90-degree turn in a hard, man-made channel south of Lake Shore to enter Lake Ontario. In their natural states, rivers don't make 90-degree turns in concrete and steel. So water backs up and floods.
I really hope someone had pictures from yesterday ! Its not "great timing" if it didn't do the job ; - )
I really hope someone had pictures from yesterday ! Its not "great timing" if it didn't do the job ; - )
Matt Elliott @GraphicMatt 11m
By the way, just walked through Corktown Common and it is open for adventure and not even really that wet. Let's build more of these.
But the area is so flat, and that river is so tiny...surely nothing can go wrong!Build a highway in a floodplain and it's going to get wet.