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Friday, March 29, 2024

Promising results for flood zone appeal

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An ongoing study by a coastal engineering firm to determine whether Wrightsville Beach should appeal FEMA’s preliminary floodplain maps has revealed promising results, town manager Tim Owens said during the April 8 board of aldermen meeting.

Owens said Applied Technology and Management (ATM) processed LIDAR elevation data for Harbor Island using different methods than FEMA used. The results could potentially put more of the island in the lower-risk AE zone.

To argue its case to FEMA, Owens said, ATM needs actual, exact elevation data for Harbor Island. The aldermen, at Owens’ suggestions, voted April 8 to use between $10,000 and $15,000 to hire a surveyor to obtain the data. The funds will come out of the town’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, a pool of money it doesn’t need right now since it merged into the county’s plan.

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