Vaudreuil mayor, councillor push back against new flood zone maps [Video]

For 58 years, Paul Dumoulin has lived at the same home in Vaudreuil-Dorion. Over the decades, he has spent a lot of time and money maintaining his property.

“It’s my investment for sure,” Dumoulin, who is a Vaudreuil councillor, said.

In 2017 and 2019, when the Montreal-area suburb was hard hit by spring floods, Dumoulin’s street was dry.

In Quebec’s latest flood maps, his street is considered a moderate flood risk.

“They put a number on a computer, and this is the flood area, but it’s not the way it’s supposed to be,” Dumoulin said.

He said in 2019, Vaudreuil installed more than two kilometres of temporary dikes to prevent homes from flooding.

“We save a lot of people, we save some school, we save some CHSLD from the water coming in,” he said.

The mayor of Vaudreuil-Dorion has harsh words for this new flood map.

“I find it absolutely …