Contentious $423M Springbank dam project approved

The Springbank reservoir project has received the go ahead from the Natural Resources Conservation Board. The arms-length government agency greenlit the $423 million plan after a two-week long hearing, saying the flood mitigation plan is in the public's interest. Diversion channels off the Elbow River will be constructed to displace high water into an off-stream reservoir near Springbank, west of Calgary. Since the project was announced about eight years ago, it has faced opposition from some Sp