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It is welcome news for many living in Lumby, the Village has rescinded its Evacuation Alert for and deactivated its Emergency Operations Centre. 

That was response to lower and stabilized creek levels.

Additionally, as a result of the lowered flood risk, all evacuation alerts within the municipal boundaries have been rescinded, these include:

• 1879 Faulkner Avenue (Units 1 – 10)
• 1880 & 1894 Faulkner Avenue
• 2156 Bessette Street (Units 1 – 12)
• 2184 Bessette Street (Units 1 – 3)
• 2187 Bessette Street (Units 1 – 7)
• 2040 Shuswap – the residence only
• 1351 - 1965 Shuswap Avenue - businesses and residents
• 1650-1956 Vernon Street businesses and residents
• 2006 – 2083 Heighway Crescent
• 2176 – 2362 Quesnel Road
• 2315 – 2351 Vale Avenue
• 1620 – 1807 Maple Street
• 1751 Glencaird Street (Units 1 – 54)
• 2061 – 2085 Industrial Avenue
• 1431 – 1480 Dyffryn Road
• 1633 Vernon Street
• 1643 Vernon Street (2 properties)

"The Village will continue to monitor the creeks and assess the risk to municipal infrastructure and public safety," the Village stated in a press release.

The Lumby Campground and Royals Ball Park have been reopened.

The Salmon Trail remains closed and should not be accessed.

Lumby is holding a Town Hall meeting at the White Valley Community Centre on Tuesday May 29 at 5:30 p.m. for residents who were affected by last year's flooding. 

Residents will be able to review the recently completed Floodplain Mapping Update and Earthworks Assessment Report.