The province is preparing to sell up to 17 properties along the Elbow River in Calgary, where flood-damaged homes once stood, with the city getting the first chance to buy the land.

After the 2013 flood that caused more than $5 billion in damages, Alberta's provincial government made dozens of offers to buy residents' homes that were damaged by the flood.

Eventually, 17 households accepted the offer, as the province paid millions to purchase properties in the Roxboro, Rideau Park and Elbow Park neighbourhoods.

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The houses were demolished a few years later, and the province has maintained the empty lots where the homes once stood ever since. While the homes once stood at risk of future damages on the floodway, projects like the n

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