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N.S. news: Public meetings held in Lower Sackville over river floodplains [Video]

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Dozens of people gathered at the Sackville Lions Club in Lower Sackville, N.S., Wednesday night for a public meeting to discuss the floodplains around the Sackville River and Little Sackville River.

Proposed land development regulations for the floodplains have been developed to carry out recommendations outlined in a 2017 study published by the Halifax Regional Municipality.

The mapping produced under the study was updated earlier this year to account for changes that have taken place since the study was published within the floodplains.

Residents’ long-running concerns about their homes were also amplified by major flooding in the area last summer.

The proposed regulations include having no chemical or gas stations in the area and designated ‘buffer’ areas where subdivisions won’t be built.

“They’re looking to protect the future; they’re looking to not allow things to get worse than they are,” said Paul Russell, councillor for …

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