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Buncombe selects Grovemont as test case for large-slide stabilization; NCEM to front 75% of engineering study cost
Summary
County staff selected the Grovemont slide in Swannanoa as a pilot for a landslide stabilization process and reported FEMA task-force assessments and A&E cost estimates for dozens of large slides across Buncombe County.
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Public works staff provided commissioners an update on the county's landslide response and stabilization strategy, identifying Grovemont (Swannanoa) as a pilot site to test an approach the county and state hope to scale for other large, complex slides. The county has mapped slides using North Carolina Geological Survey data overlaid on county parcels, identified three categories of slides (county/public-property slides, individual-property slides, and larger…
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