Your Meadowlane Park, your watershed
We are looking for ways to improve water quality and reduce flood risks through stormwater measures at Meadowlane Park. We thank the community for your participation – and your patience – while we look for a design solution that:
- reduces future flood risks
- protects and improves water quality
- is technically workable
- fits into current park uses
- fits within the project budget
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Why are we adding stormwater measures to the park?
Climate change will bring more intense storms and more frequent freeze-thaw cycles. Creating more spaces for stormwaters to collect will reduce flooding during future storms.
A large stormwater pipe discharges into Sandrock Creek where it flows through Meadowlane Park. This outlet receives runoff from a 1.25-square-kilometre area of the neighbourhood. By adding stormwater storage to the neighbourhood, we would:
- Intercept runoff before it rushes into Sandrock creek
- Filter the stormwaters before they re-enter the creek
- Slowly release these filtered waters into the creek to prevent erosion
- Reduce the risk of flooding in nearby streets and downstream neighbourhoods
For more information on this project, please read the project background.
This project was approved by the Ministry of the Environment in 2016 as part of the Integrated Stormwater Management Master Plan (ISWM-MP). If community consultations lead to required project modifications, we will seek to amend the relevant planning tools—in this case, the Class Environmental Assessment, under which the ISWM-MP was completed.