FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – The City of Fernandina Beach launched a new public portal that aims to help the community have easier access to flood risk information and other important documents.
Officials said this portal will allow Fernandina Beach residents, real estate and insurance professionals and developers to access flood risk information for individual properties such as flood zone maps, and other important documents like elevation certificates.
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“This new public resource will enable us to better inform, communicate with, and above all protect our community from flooding events,” said Angie Lester, Building Services Manager for the City of Fernandina Beach. “We’re excited to bring new technology into our floodplain management practices that will help us adapt and find more effective solutions for the future.”
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The City of Fernandina Beach is also looking forward to now having a system that will help them to track “Significant Improvements/Significant Damages,” and how close improvements might be to their 30% threshold.
“We’re proud to be working with Fernandina Beach, a city that’s focused on building flood resilience for the long term,” said Susanna Pho, Co-Founder and COO of Forerunner. “We hope that our technology will help residents and property owners to better understand their flood risk, and help meet the city’s floodplain management needs today and well into the future.”