The cost to rebuild and repair the damage inflicted by unprecedented flooding in Hay River and the KSA国际影视传媒檃tlodeeche First Nation is now expected to be in excess of $174 million, according to a report from the NWT legislature.
The report, tabled on Oct. 14, states that the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs expects to face $112.4 million in costs associated with damage from the spring floods by the end of the fiscal year, and $61.7 million in additional expenditures for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
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The new cost estimate is several times higher than the sum indicated in a preliminary assessment released by Hay RiverSA国际影视传媒檚 senior administrative officer Glenn Smith in June.
That assessment put the repair bill at $22 million, with an additional $30 million for mitigation efforts.
