A group of residents sin Montreal’s Saint-Leonard say not enough action is being taken on flood prevention in the borough and are making their voices heard at a city council meeting Tuesday night.

“The reason why we formed this committee is to get this issue resolved,” said Giuseppe Conte.

Montreal saw up to 100 millimetres of rain on July 13 and houses on Belmont Street in Saint-Leonard were particularly affected because they are located in a low-lying area.

He’s among the 10 or so residents that have formed the Citizens’ Movement Committee calling on the borough to update its infrastructure.

“Taxes in the industrial sector have gone up by 75 per cent in the last three years and they are getting flooded as bad or worse than the street that we’re standing on right now, de Belmont,” he

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