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Planning board recommends adoption of Neuse River Basin hazard mitigation plan update
Summary
Pitt County planning staff presented an update to the Neuse River Basin Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the Planning Board recommended adoption; the plan must be updated every five years for FEMA grant eligibility and includes priorities on floodplain management, stormwater, dam repairs, and cooling centers.
The Pitt County Planning Board recommended that the Board of Commissioners adopt the Neuse River Basin Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan update, a five-year plan regional in scope that Pitt County participates in alongside Greene, Jones, Lenoir and Wayne counties.
Planning staff said local governments must maintain a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan to be eligible for federal mitigation grants (Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Pre-Disaster Mitigation, Flood Mitigation Assistance and Severe Repetitive Loss programs) and that jurisdictions must update their plan every five years. The current regional draft has…
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