Moose Jaw Times-Herald: CPR dam replacement ineligible for provincial funding

Cost of repair following spring flooding still under consideration

By Lisa Goudy


The entire cost of replacing the CPR dam will not be eligible for funding under the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP).

“(The replacement cost) has been basically eliminated from consideration, but ... because of the flooding we had the previous spring, we had road damage and infrastructure damage and bridges and that sort of thing in addition to the CPR dam,” said city clerk/solicitor Myron Gulka-Tiechko. 

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More information on the PDAP program can be found here

Past Times-Herald articles on the CPR dam:

Oct. 9: Sole source contract for CPR dam repairs approved

Oct. 1: More funding for CPR dam repairs

Sept. 28: City hopes to clear up residents' CPR dam issues

Sept. 27: Not all affected residents willing to sign land control for CPR dam

Sept. 11: Dam repairs continue

Aug. 22: A damaged dam: City hopes to begin construction on new CPR dam by fall 2013

Aug. 20: Deciding what that dam level should be

Aug. 8: City conducts temporary repairs to CPR dam

July 31: Dam leaking in Moose Jaw