Coastal Flood Mapping Project

The Lower Sunshine Coast is defined by its proximity to the ocean. With over 509 kilometres of coastline, flooding from sea level rise and increased storm wave action is a growing hazard facing the region.

This project explores the challenges and risks for vulnerable areas and how our community can become more resilient to coastal flooding.

Working together the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), Town of Gibsons, District of Sechelt and the Islands Trust, launched the Coastal Flood Mapping project to better understand current and future flood hazards and to inform land use planning to address them.

The project will update coastal flood hazard mapping for a range of future sea level rise scenarios, and develop recommendations for adaptation and updates to Official Community Plan guidelines for development along the coast.

Each local government is already taking steps to help our communities adapt.

We would like to hear from you about your concerns, and how we together can envision and adapt our communities to this challenge.

• Take our 3-minute online Questionnaire and let us know your thoughts.
• Please join us at our mid-May Community Pop-Up events in Sechelt and Gibsons.