A group of over 15 residents gathered in front of Drumheller Town Hall on Monday, October 26 prior to Town Council’s regular meeting for a peaceful protest raising their concerns about the Town of Drumheller’s flood mitigation plans. Many were property owners who are unsure of what will change when the flood measures are put in place. Mayor Heather Colberg recognized the peaceful protest in a statement, “We have made flood mitigation our number one priority and we will continue to implement our five-year resiliency and flood mitigation program to reduce the risk of flooding to our Town. One of our first steps is to recognize the importance of the rivers and creeks in our community and ensure our planning documents reflect this, hence the reason for the review of the MDP and LUB,” she said, “Today was a public hearing that allows council to hear feedback on the proposed new documents as well as the feedback we received during the numerous information sessions that have been held throughout the valley over these past two weeks. Today we heard one letter and one resident present information. Council will consider 2nd and 3rd readings of these bylaws at a future date once updates to the documents have been completed based on all the feedback we have received.
