The City of Deux Montagnes has been collaborating on a pilot project to build resilience in a flood-prone area of the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) since the beginning of February.  In the wake of the 2017 spring floods, the MMC was mandated to draft of a flooding profile and make recommendations on land-use planning that would take account of adaptations to climate change.

City Deux-Montagnes to collaborate on pilot resilience projectin MMC flood-prone area.

While the proximity of Lac des Deux-Montagnes adds to the city’s attraction, it also renders it vulnerable to flooding. Construction of a protective dike, however, should make the Deux-Montagnes area much more secure in the future.

Other factors, however, require study before various solutions can be implemented to enhance the resilience of the flood-prone area. This resilience is part and parcel of the MMC vision for provide better flood risk management. MMC efforts to promote protection of natural environments, renaturalization, conversion, or resilient development, will help enhance resilience in its territory. Accumulation of more detailed knowledge about flood-prone sectors and work to leverage flood protection through better land-use planning may also help identify other innovative solutions.

In the months ahead, the MMC flood risk management office (BPGRI)* will work with the City of Deux-Montagnes to identify and implement solutions for future redevelopment of the flooded areas in the TOD Grand Moulin sector.

The MMC and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAMH) have signed an agreement to fund the project.

Mayor Denis Martin says he is proud to be taking part in the MMC project, which will boost long-term redevelopment for an area hard hit in the 2017 disaster.

*Bureau de projet de gestion des risques d’inondation (BPGRI)