Complex sentence: Since the 1997 Red River Flood resulted in water levels that took the existing floodway to the limits of its design, various levels of government commissioned engineering studies for a major increase in flood protection for the City of Winnipeg.
Split into simpler sentences: Since the 1997 Red River Flood resulted in water levels that took the existing floodway to the limits of its design. Various levels of government commissioned engineering studies for a major increase in flood protection for the City of Winnipeg.