{"id":11227,"date":"2026-03-26T14:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?p=11227"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:15:11","slug":"concerns-about-flooding-at-the-the-eisner-cove-wetland-development-project-26mar2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2026\/03\/26\/concerns-about-flooding-at-the-the-eisner-cove-wetland-development-project-26mar2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns about flooding at the the Eisner Cove Wetland development project are ongoing 26Mar2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Screenshot of the CH article heading. Reads the caption: “Lil MacPherson is seen in front of a drainage ditch at the Eisner Cove Wetland, which some have said is experiencing drainage and flooding issues since being developed. She originally campaigned against its development. There are now two pumps seen at the location. PHOTO BY TIM KROCHAK \/THE CHRONICLE HERALD”<\/p><\/div>\n

View One battle after another: Activists raise concerns about flooding at Dartmouth development project<\/strong><\/a>
\nBy Josh Healey in the Chronicle Herald Mar 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

Some extracts, bolding inserted:<\/p>\n

“Lil MacPherson can\u2019t help but feel disappointed whenever she sees the Eisner Cove Wetland development project. \u201cI drive by all the time, look in and just shake my head,\u201d the local business owner and environmental activist told The Chronicle Herald. \u201cIt\u2019s just a shame, a real shame.\u201d Several groups originally opposed the development of the 12-hectare wetland situated near the Southdale area of Dartmouth. They fought to preserve the area, citing the positive impacts of the wetland on the wildlife and waterways…<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s been nearly six years since the project was first proposed and Bill Zebedee, president of Protect Eisner Cove Wetland, has taken legal action against Mount Hope Development Ltd., the business working to build 700 attainable housing units between the Woodside Industrial Park and Highway 11…<\/p>\n

“The Chronicle Herald asked the Department of Environment and Climate Change if it had received complaints from residents around the wetland concerning drainage or flooding issues in the last five years. Although not answering the question specifically, the department noted it had received ongoing complaints…<\/p>\n

“MacPherson\u2019s fear is the province hasn\u2019t learned anything from the six-year fight in Southdale, pointing to future developments throughout HRM. \u201cThey\u2019re not listening to the experts. The same thing is going to happen in Sandy Lake. There will be flooding in Bedford and Sackville. I don\u2019t know why they aren\u2019t listening to the experts, but they\u2019re not listening,\u201d she said<\/span><\/strong>.”
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\nCOMMENT re Development and Possible Downstream Flooding at Sandy Lake:<\/strong>
\nThe Sandy Lake watershed is the largest or 2nd largest sub-watershed in the Sackville River Watershed (the rank depending on how sub-subwatersheds are aggregated); as well known, the communities of Bedford and Sackville on the Sackville Rivers floodplain area experience excessive flooding <\/a> during intense rainfall events.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the possible impacts of significant development in the Sandy Lake Watershed on downstream flooding were not modelled<\/a> in the 2017 Sackville Rivers Floodplain study<\/a> nor, apparently,\u00a0 in a subsequent update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Surely that must now be rectified to take into account the major new development now planned in an area of concentration of headwaters for Sandy Lake and the additional hard surface that would be introduced by the Highway 101 Connector.<\/a><\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong>
\nCitizen launches legal action against Mount Hope Development Ltd, re: damage to wetland 1Aug 2025<\/strong><\/a>
\nPost on this website August 1, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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