Hurricane Sandy
Point Boro Fights FEMA Flood Map
Council passes ordinance allowing residents to raise homes
The Point Borough Mayor, Council and Sandy-flooded residents are objecting to sections of a FEMA advisory map that puts them in a "V Zone" that calls for more stringent building requirements and higher flood insurance rates. Mayor William Schroeder and council members told a room of about 100 people, most of whom have homes flooded by Sandy, at Tuesday night's meeting, that they are fighting the designation of sections of Sunshine Harbor, Bay Head Shores, which is on Barnegat Bay, and a few other sections of town as being in the "V Zone." Residents who spoke had concerns about the zone designations, building requirements, a possible faulty pipe exacerbating flooding on Northstream Parkway (which flooded badly during Sandy) and other …
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bernie
10:42 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Mainland bayfront block can justify being a V zone as should the entire barrier island be. But 5 lagoons in from bay? Not so much more ›