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County and FEMA pilot landslide process for complex slides; Grovemont engineering estimated at $1.3M
Summary
Buncombe staff described a pilot process with FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management to evaluate and fund complex, multi-property landslides, starting with the Grovemont slide in Swannanoa; FEMA estimated engineering and minimal stabilization costs at about $1.3 million and $17 million respectively.
Rafael (county staff) updated the board on the county’s strategy for categorizing and addressing the storm-driven landslides.
Rafael said the county has cataloged roughly 2,000 landslides across Buncombe County. He said staff divided slides into three buckets: landslides on county property (to be addressed through FEMA Public Assistance), individual-property slides that threaten a single residence (about 145 such cases), and complex slides that affect multiple properties (about 55 complex slides).
For complex slides the county is piloting a new…
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