Timeline to replace flood victims' homes in Fort Simpson, Jean Marie River pushed to 2022
CBC
People who lost homes during spring flooding in the N.W.T. communities of Fort Simpson and Jean Marie River will now have to wait until early 2022 for those residences to be replaced.
The timeline was pushed back, according to a statement issued Friday afternoon by Shane Thompson, the territory's minister of municipal and community affairs, because "more time is needed" to deliver on customizations that meet residents' long term needs.
"Residents were offered options, and they have agreed that this is the way forward," he said.
Thompson said the territorial government would continue to provide temporary housing for those who are still waiting, until their homes are delivered and installed.
Historic flooding forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes in both communities, as well as in Hay River, Fort Good Hope, Little Buffalo River near Fort Resolution and Aklavik in May.
The territorial government announced in June that it would replace private homes damaged beyond repair with basic manufactured homes, and raise or relocate homes to prevent flood damage in the future.
Its previous stated goal was to have people in Fort Simpson and Jean Marie River back into their homes by winter.
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