Flood Victims Upset to Hear Redford Focusing on Future Programs

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Numerous residents of High River have expressed extreme irritation and disappointment over the report of Premier Alison Redford spending her Friday focusing on future flood mitigation, while those affected by the current flood remain displaced from their homes. One such resident of southwest High River, Brian Chipchase, has his home in flood fringe area.

The log house cum home owned by Mr. Chipchase has been vacant since volunteers emptied the house in July. The authorities labeled the structure as ‘not fit for habitation’, obligating the homeowner to live in a trailer parked on his driveway. Chipchase explained that the province’s Disaster Recovery Plan offered an estimate of almost $19,000 in lieu of covering cost of losses cause on the main floor of his home, while he claims that the offer is only a fifth of what he estimates repairs will cost.

Chipchase has declared that he will appeal the offer via proper government channels, though he stated that he least expects that his effort will be of any help. Chipchase alleged that “I’ll probably have to use that money to raise the house four feet.” He added that “that was the engineer’s recommendation because the disaster recovery isn’t going to cover that.” “I won’t have a finished basement I’ll essentially be left with a house that is worth half as mush as I owe on it, and stuck here.” Chipchase highlighted the fact that since his home is a log house, he is facing some extraordinary challenges.

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