The Strathcona Regional District is getting $319,000 to support Tsunami Risk Reduction initiatives.

SRD Chair, Mark Baker says developing a building plan and engineered design for renovating the Walters Island Community Hall to serve as a Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structure is just one of the initiatives that the new funding will support.

A tsunami vertical evacuation structure provides an elevated evacuation location where high ground is either nonexistent or is not suitable for everyone to reach before the arrival of a tsunami.

The Walters Island Community Hall would be redesigned to withstand effects associated with earthquake shaking as well as tsunami waves.

The funding will also help support exciting tsunami public education projects, such as screenings of the special documentary titled “Tsunami: 11th Relative” presented in thirteen different Vancouver Island communities.

You can find more info at SRD.ca.