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Buncombe pilots large landslide stabilization amid FEMA, state funding talks
Summary
County staff described a pilot for complex, multi-property landslides beginning with the Grovemont site; FEMA engineering estimated at $1.3 million and stabilization at roughly $17 million, and county and state are negotiating advance funding and procurement steps.
Rafael (county staff) and Matt Evans (funding/reimbursement lead) briefed the board on how Buncombe County is treating landslides from Tropical Storm Helene: as three categories with different funding paths and a new pilot to address large, multi-property slides.
Rafael said county staff sorted landslides into three buckets: slides on county property (eligible for FEMA public assistance), single-property slides (approximately 145 that actively threaten residential structures, which staff are pushing toward Hazard Mitigation Grant Program assistance), and large complex slides…
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