Risk Management Considerations for Injurious Affection

When planning such projects, disturbance of traffic flow and partial road closure are items which become necessary while the municipality fulfills its obligation to maintain the roads. However, in planning it is essential that you deal with the impact of such construction on adjacent property owners who may suffer a financial loss through the disturbance of their business or in temporarily relocating for a short period of time. Financial loss resulting from those projects is called injurious affection.