2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

DRAINAGE

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

• Continued implementation of the Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy through ongoing design and construction of DMAF projects, updating the City’s rainfall statistics, and scoping future studies to review climate change impacts on rainfall patterns; • Continued implementation of projects under DMAF, including development of 152 Street corridor and bridge widening, final stage of Crescent Beach drainage improvements, and dyke upgrades along the Serpentine River; • Finalized the drainage servicing strategies to support future development for the South Campbell Heights Local Area Plan; • Implemented a new water level monitoring station at the mouth of the Little Campbell River;

• Implemented recommendations from various ISMPs throughout the City to reduce flooding and creek erosion; and • Worked with other City departments on Fraser River freshet preparedness, monitoring and community engagement to enable the City to respond effectively during the 2024 freshet season.

Measuring salmon from a North Surrey stream

PUBLIC SAFETY

Actively participated in the Fraser Basin Council Regional Flood Strategy;

• Initiated the bi-annual ravine stability assessment of all ravines in Surrey highlighting areas of potential risk to public safety.

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• Monitored wave and wind action on Surrey’s coastal areas through the City’s two ocean monitoring stations; Responded during a large atmospheric river event in October 2024 which resulted in localized areas of flooding in Surrey’s lowlands; and •

Lowland flooding in the Colebrook Area

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