National Disaster Mitigation Program funding to the Province of New Brunswick: Projects at a glance

Projects are categorized by stream.

Stream 1 – Risk Assessments

City Wide Risk Profile – City of Fredericton

Total Project Value: $172,250

Federal funding: $86,000; City of Fredericton: $86,250

Project Start Date: April 1, 2019 (1-year project)

This project will identify areas that require more detailed analysis (e.g. river, storm sewer, and/or street flood risk assessments) and areas that show lower risk, providing city officials with evidence-based prioritization for future modelling, mapping, and flood control studies in areas vulnerable to flooding and flood damage.

City of Fredericton – North West Storm Water Master Plan

Total Project Value: $120,000

Federal funding: $60,000; Province of New Brunswick: $60,000

Project Start Date: April 3, 2017 (2-year project)

This project created a full storm water management plan for the build out of the Northwest Development area relative to a regional storm water management perspective.

Stream 2 – Flood Mapping

New Brunswick Inland Flood Hazard Mapping and Flood Forecasting

Total Project Value: $815,000

Federal funding: $390,000; Province of New Brunswick: $390,000

Project Start Date: April 1, 2018 (2-year project)

This project will create new flood hazard mapping for New Brunswick inland areas, as well as renew existing maps, which will help New Brunswick’s inland communities plan for flood risk reductions.

Stream 2 – Completed Projects:

Acquisition, Processing and Distribution of LiDAR for New Brunswick Part 2

Total Project Value: $5,602,500

Federal funding: $2,790,000; Province of New Brunswick: $2,812,500

Project Start Date: April 1, 2018 (1-year project)

This project will fund the acquisition, processing, and distribution of airborne LiDAR for the remainder of New Brunswick. This project will help NB improve flood forecasting and flood mapping, predict climate change effects on critical infrastructure, vegetation, water courses, and coastal areas, design and/or modify infrastructure around water, identify coastal areas vulnerable to erosion, inform provincial and municipal planning officials in land use planning and zone regulations, document at-risk areas and develop mitigation plans and projects, and document as-risk areas to assist in recovery activities.

Acquisition, Processing and Distribution of LiDAR for New Brunswick

Total Project Value: $7,348,579

Federal funding: $3,527,312; Province of New Brunswick: $3,821,267

Project Start Date: August 22, 2016 (2-year project)

This project funded the acquisition, processing and distribution of airborne LiDAR for the remainder of the province of New Brunswick that hadn’t previously had data collected. The data collected helped with informing land use decisions by provincial and municipal officials and improving zoning regulations; improving flood forecast mapping capacity in all inland watersheds and coastal areas in New Brunswick; improving the design of infrastructure to account for changes in climate; allowing all levels of government to improve emergency readiness; improving the management of natural resources; and better identifying wetlands and vulnerable areas.

Hydrologic/Hydraulic Assessment of Nerepis River near Brittain Road in Grand Bay-Westfield

Total Project Value: $27,140

Federal funding: $13,570; Town of Grand Bay-Westfield: $13,570

Project Start Date: April 1, 2017 (1-year project)

This project completed a conceptual level flood assessment of a flood sensitive reach of the Nerepis River in the vicinity of Brittain Road in the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield, supporting the future development of mitigation measures.

New Brunswick Coastal Flood Hazard Mapping

Total Project Value: $312,500

Federal funding: $156,250; Province of New Brunswick: $156,250

Project Start Date: April 1, 2017 (2-year project)

This project completed new flood hazard mapping for New Brunswick’s ocean coastline (about 2270 linear kilometres of coast) through the collection of addition LiDAR data that allowed the predicted extreme sea levels to be verified, mapped and disseminated in an online format through electronic map sheets. This updated flood hazard mapping is a vital planning tool for flood risk reduction.  

Stream 3: Mitigation planning

Saint John River Flood Mitigation Plan

Total Project Value: $81,500

Federal funding: $38,000; Provincial funding: $43,500

Project Start Date:  April 1, 2019 (1-year project)

This project will see the creation of a flood risk mitigation plan for the section of the Saint John River that borders the City of Saint John, which was most recently inundated in the 2018 historic flooding event. This plan will identify mitigation options to prevent future flooding and damage of municipal infrastructure in order to ensure public safety and access to critical municipal services.

Stream 3 – Completed Projects:

Analyse des scenarios - Drainage du Lac de Le Goulet

Total Project Value: $15,000

Federal funding: $7,500; Province of New Brunswick: $7,500

Project Start Date: May 1, 2017 (1-year project)

This project carried out an analysis of two different mitigation plans to deduce how to optimize drainage of lac Goulet to reduce the impacts of flooding on le village de Goulet.

Stream 4: Investment in non-structural or small-scale structural mitigation

Flood Proofing Design for Musquash Water Pumping Station

Total Project Value: $461,500

Federal funding: $225,000; City of Saint John funding: $236,500

Project Start Date: April 1, 2019 (1-year project)

This project will fund flood proofing upgrades of the Musquash Water Pumping Station, which will reduce and/or help to eliminate the impacts of flooding.

Corbert Brook Culvert Renewal

Total Project Value: $640,000

Federal funding: $320,000; City of Fredericton funding: $320,000

Project Start Date: April 1, 2019 (1-year project)

This project will replace the existing culvert located on Culvert Brook to mitigate the increased rainfall events from climate change and reduce the chance of blockages, reducing the likelihood of damaged adjacent infrastructure and reducing cleanup and maintenance costs. Replacing the Corbert Brook culvert will ensure a reliable potable water connection in the City of Fredericton.

Gateway Mall Flood Berm

Total Project Value: $1,265,000

Federal funding: $637,500; Town of Sussex funding: $637,500

Project Start Date: April 1, 2018 (1-year project)

This project will design and construct a flood berm and storm water pumping station to reduce the inundation risk of the Gateway Mall area, reducing the risk of flooding in the major commercial area and surrounding communities.

Sunnyside Avenue Flood Mitigation

Total Project Value: $363,000

Federal funding: $181,500; Province of New Brunswick: $181,500

Project Start Date: April 1, 2017 (2-year project)

This project rearranged storm piping in the Sunnyside Avenue area of Miramichi West in order to direct water flow away from a cemetery susceptible to flooding during high intensity rain events, prevent flooding downstream on roadways and private property, and increased the capacity of the storm system to allow for future development.

Structural Flood Mitigation Upgrades along Billy Weston Brook in St. Stephen

Total Project Value: $1,292,640

Federal funding: $646,320; Town of St. Stephen funding: $5,000; Non-Government funding: $641,320

Project Start Date: April 1, 2017 (2-year project)

This project updated the two existing culvert structures, the Charlotte Mall Entrance and New Brunswick Southern Railway Closing, along Billy Weston Brook in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, in order to mitigate flood risks posted by the previous structures.

Stream 4 – Completed Projects:

Shoreline Protection for Water Street from Frost to St. Andrews

Total Project Value: $300,000

Federal funding: $150,000; Province of New Brunswick: $150,000

Project Start Date: April 1, 2017 (1-year project)

This project rebuilt the section of the Miramichi River bank that had been eroded and implemented infrastructure to protect this section of the bank from future erosion caused by high intensity storms, as a direct result of climate change.