The South Bethany Beach town council has approved moving ahead with exploring an appeal of the new flood maps drawn up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The environmental engineering firm Woods Hole Group was authorized to come up with a strategy at a workshop in late October.
During yesterday’s meeting the company said that the best approach would be to emphasize the protection afforded to home by the dunes on the beach.
The firm said that was not factored into the assessment by FEMA.
WBOC reports that the residents on Ocean Drive would have to have a Base Flood Elevation of 10 feet in a flood insurance map released over two years ago.
