Days later and the flood cleanup is underway

By Pepper Parr

July 19th, 2024

BURLINGTON. ON

The water has subsided.

Was there work that could have been done to prevent this level of damage.

The ruined furniture and fixtures are out on the edge of the road waiting for the garbage people to truck it away.

Waiting to learn if there is going to be any financial support from the province.

Waiting as well to hear what City Council is going to say at their Special Council meeting late today.  The meeting will be web cast live starting at 9:30 – the Gazette will be reporting on that meeting.

The Regional government has loosed up how much garbage can be put out and when waste will be picked up.  That information is set out below.

To support clean-up efforts, between Monday, July 22, and Friday, August 2, in addition to regular waste service, Halton Region will be providing enhanced curbside waste collection services to all residents who have reported property flooding to Halton Region as follows:

• Garbage – limits temporarily waived, no bag tags required, collected weekly on regular collection days for the next two weeks
• Bulk items – limits temporarily waived, size limits and acceptable items (e.g., furniture, carpet/flooring etc.) still apply, collected weekly on regular collection days for the next two weeks

To receive this service, you must report your flooding to the Region of Halton by calling 311.

This is not a yard sale.

The families will want to replace what has been ruined by water that flooded into their basement.

There was nothing anyone could have done about the rainfall. What we could have been spared was having that water flood our streets and seep into basement.

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Photographs by Craig, an Aldershot resident.