Atmospheric rivers are again threatening Abbotsford and other southern B.C. communities, yet there has been little progress on reducing flood risks.

Following devastating flooding in 2021, the B.C. NDP government released a 10-year flood mitigation plan in the spring of 2024, but it had no price tag, no project priorities, and no timelines.

In September, when Metro Vancouver representatives met with Randene Neill, B.C.’s minister of water, land and resource stewardship, and Kelly Greene, the minister of emergency management and climate readiness, they were told there is no new funding for the flood strategy because of the province’s financial woes.

B.C. has a projected deficit this year of $11 billion.

Dylan Kruger, a City of Delta councillor and the former chair of a Metro Vancouv

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