Hurricane Sandy
New Jersey to Adopt FEMA's Flood Elevation Maps, Christie Says
At a press conference in Seaside Heights, Gov. Chris Christie said the new flood maps will help the Jersey Shore rebuild better and stronger.
New Jersey will adopt the Federal Emergency Management's (FEMA) Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps, clearing the way for residents and business owners along the Jersey Shore to rebuild better and stronger, Gov. Chris Christie announced during a press conference in Seaside Heights Thursday afternoon. The move comes as residents along the shore wait to find out not if they'll have to raise their homes following Hurricane Sandy, but just how high. "If we wait, all we're doing is delaying New Jersey's recovery," Christie said, adding: "I think this is what we need to do to build a 21st century Jersey Shore." The advisory maps, or ABFE's, were released in December and recommend that residents in flood zones in 10 counties and 194 communities …
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foggyworld
2:45 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
And if the barrier islands are going to do the thorough job of installing dunes and maintaining them, it would only seem fair for those dunes to be shown on the fema maps. That way almost all elevations would go down to reasonable levels because on LBI in Brant Beach you can see a duned area and how well it worked versus a nearby area that didn't dune up and how miserable the area looks. … more ›