{"id":41244,"date":"2024-02-13T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=41244"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:40:06","slug":"like-a-punch-in-the-gut-mitton-finds-progress-slow-contingency-planning-just-started-on-isthmus-protection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/like-a-punch-in-the-gut-mitton-finds-progress-slow-contingency-planning-just-started-on-isthmus-protection-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like a punch in the gut\u2019: Mitton finds progress slow, contingency planning just started on Isthmus protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"888\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.51.07-PM-1280x888.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41248\" style=\"width:754px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.51.07-PM-1280x888.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.51.07-PM-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.51.07-PM-1536x1065.png 1536w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deputy Minister Rob Taylor of the New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, speaking at a legislative committee hearing, February 2, 2024.  Screencap: leg.nb.ca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have just started contingency planning for the possibility of flooding on the Chignecto Isthmus before permanent protections can be constructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DTI) Deputy Minister Rob Taylor shared the news with Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton is a recent legislative committee hearing in Fredericton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a ten year timeframe to turn something around,\u201d Taylor told the committee. \u201cWe definitely need a solution in the interim. So I apologize that nothing was done before\u2026 but honestly, yes, the past six months, we&#8217;ve made a push on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHMA checked in with Mitton to get her reaction to the news, and updates on her other recent activities. The MLA says the fact that contingency planning had not started sooner \u201cfelt like a punch in the gut.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CHMA-Mitton-Isthmus-contingency.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Isthmus project only received a passing mention in one of the annual reports that DTI presented to the committee in February, and Taylor admitted that progress has been slow in the two years since an engineering consultant\u2019s report was released outlining options for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will say that I have the same mindset that not a lot of progress has happened on this,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cI mandated the team to come up with a critical path schedule, that we could actually identify what activities are slipping or what can we actually get done in the interim while we are waiting for this federal funding that we&#8217;re all hearing about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor said New Brunswick DTI staff had been meeting in person with Nova Scotia staff at least once a month recently. \u201cWe&#8217;ve engaged more and more experts,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cI am pushing the team for definite dates on things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor also told Mitton and the committee that DTI has brought in natural solutions advocates on their team, and were now considering a hybrid of natural and manmade solutions to protect the Isthmus. Dr. Danika van Proosdij, the director of TransCoastal Adaptations Centre for Nature-based Solutions based out of Saint Mary\u2019s University, says she has been contacted for information by Nova Scotia officials. But Mount Allison-based expert, Dr. Jeff Ollerhead says he has never received a call from the province about the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1013\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.53.47-PM-1280x1013.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41246\" style=\"width:732px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.53.47-PM-1280x1013.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.53.47-PM-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screen-Shot-2024-02-13-at-2.53.47-PM-1536x1216.png 1536w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton at a hearing of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, February 2, 2024. 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