Abbotsford hosting open houses for new Sumas River flood mitigation plan

The Sumas River Watershed Flood Mitigation Planning Initiative is ready to hear what the public thinks of its new plan and will be collecting feedback at several upcoming open houses in Abbotsford.
This partnership between Sumas First Nation, Leq’á:mel First Nation, the City of Abbotsford, the City of Chilliwack, and the provincial government was formed to tackle the issue of flooding in the Sumas Prairie, which is a problem that has cost the region millions of dollars in damages in