Long-awaited funding for flood mitigation work in Sussex has been announced.

Officials from all three levels of government gathered in the town Monday afternoon.

The province is committing more than $13 million, Ottawa will spend more than $15 million, and the town is contributing more than $10 million

Part of that money will be used to build a berm to protect about 80 homes from flooding.

The rest will be for the larger flood mitigation work, pending the engineering work and approval.

That includes constructing two diversion channels that would reroute flood waters around the communities.

The first channel extend from Trout Creek to the Kennebecasis River flood plain, crossing Route 1, while the second channel will link Parsons Brook to Trout Creek. Two overpasses will also be constructed on Route 1 where it intersects the proposed channels.

Officials hope to have the mitigation work done by the end of 2028.

More to come.