City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

DRAINAGE

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• Bring forward amendments to the Soil Conservation and Protection Bylaw to clarify City expectations and support efficient review and permit issuance processes; • Bring forward amendments to the Erosion and Sediment Control Bylaw to clarify City expectations and support efficient review and permit issuance processes; and • Advance the design and construction of remaining DMAF projects including 152 Street raising / widening, Colebrook sea dyke pilot, Serpentine and Nicomekl sea dams, and the ultimate Living Dyke site; • Continue to participate with National Resource Canada (“NRCAN”) on monitoring green shore technologies; • Develop a strategy to update City design criteria requirements in response to changing rainfall patterns; • Continue dyking improvements in Surrey’s lowlands; INFRASTRUCTURE

• Continue to facilitate citizen science to

monitor watercourses for water quality and to identify salmonid spawners areas and fish presence.

• Update Integrated Stormwater Management Plans based on best available science, adaptive management findings and climate change predictions; • Initiate a seismic assessment study to consider seismic impacts on the dykes along the Serpentine and Nicomekl rivers; and • Continue to liaise with Federal and

Provincial Regulators to allow the timely approval/authorization of projects and to complete fisheries habitat compensation projects.

West Clayton Detention Pond (7347 181 Street)

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