for water storage, retention, and design to minimize the impact of flooding from spring events to major unanticipated rainfall and weather events.” Infrastructure resilience has become a central focus following recent climate anomalies. “Last year we experienced unprecedented warm weather in midwinter followed by a freeze-up, which significantly impacted our gravel roads,” Joshi explains. “They thawed and then froze again with frost coming through, affecting road stability and creating millions of dollars in damage that we had to repair.” The municipality has responded by incorporating climate adaptation into its planning and design processes. “We’re examining how to avoid those scenarios through improved methods and operations,” notes Joshi.“Our new activity center includes a dualpurpose lake that also functions as a retention pond during high-water events. It can be fed with 200 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05
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