Province working to improve Calgary highway following flooding
Posted Jun 22, 2020 3:38 pm.
Last Updated Jun 23, 2020 6:12 am.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Following flooding on Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail, two weekends in a row from heavy rain, the province says they are working to make sure pooling on the highway does not happen again.
On June 13, the city was hit with a massive thunderstorm producing heavy rain, tennis ball-sized hail, and flash flooding around the city.
Calgary was once again hit with another storm Sunday afternoon that mainly caused flash flooding, especially around McKnight Boulevard.
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Water pooled on Deerfoot and McKnight causing one car to be almost completely submerged.
Deerfoot Trail is a provincially owned highway.
Alberta Transportation says the flooding was caused by water overflowing through manholes.
What also made it worse was sediment getting caught in the system, ultimately restricting the flow of water.
The province says they will be working with the city and contractors to address the overflow problem on the highway.
