Funding meant to help Ontario communities recover from extreme wind damage won't be enough to make property and business owners whole or eliminate risks to vital infrastructure, some municipalities say.
Province is providing $5.5M to 22 small municipalities affected by storms last summerA Hydro Ottawa worker coils up a line that was taken down by a fallen tree branch in Wednesday's major ice storm, in Ottawa, on Thursday, April 6, 2023.Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Graydon Smith announced last month that the province would provide $5.
The derecho that swept across Ontario and Quebec caused $1 billion in damages, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. "I'm not talking thousands of fallen trees, I'm talking tens of thousands of fallen trees," DeGenova said. "When you look at a picture it does not do it justice. You're gobsmacked when you see it [in person]."
The municipality has estimated that it will cost $2.7 million to completely clear Tweed's river banks and ditches.Across the United Counties, the clear path of the storm demolished private woodlots, houses, barns and county forests, said Louis Prevost, the director of planning for the counties.
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