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Residents alarmed after new FEMA flood map; town discusses $120,000 second-phase study to contest change
Summary
Residents and board members described a recent FEMA map update that expanded the floodplain and could require flood insurance or limit redevelopment; the town described a phase-1 review and said a second-phase study to document wetlands and floodplain boundaries could cost about $120,000.
Residents raised concerns on April 13 about a recent FEMA map update that town staff and residents say newly designates areas along Hammond Lane and other corridors as floodplain, potentially triggering flood-insurance requirements and development limits.
A resident referenced notices from mortgage holders and said…
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