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The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) has issued preliminary and
revised preliminary portions of the Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) and Base (1% annual
chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) for Cambridge
and Middlesex County, and has initiated
an appeal period. The announcement of the
appeal period was posted in the Federal
Register on May 16 and in the
Cambridge Chronicle on June 5th and 12th.
The appeal period begins on June 13th and
ends September 10th (90 days). The appeals
procedures are outlined in Appeals
and Protests to National Flood insurance
Program Maps. Maps can be viewed
online below under “Maps – Exhibit
2 Flood Insurance Rate Maps” and at
the Department of Public Works at 147 Hampshire
Street.
The following portions of
the FIS for Middlesex County have been revised.
• Revised Preliminary Flood Profiles
• Revised Preliminary Floodway Data
Tables
• Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance
Rate Maps
Please note that all of
the available revised preliminary information
relative to Cambridge and most of the revised
information relative to Middlesex County
is provided below.
Do you need
flood insurance?
If you live or own property
in Cambridge, especially in North Cambridge,
Cambridge Highlands, Strawberry Hill, West
Cambridge or Neighborhood 9 you should be
aware of the proposed revisions to the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) proposed by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). Your property may be in the proposed
new flood plain limits and you may be required
to purchase flood insurance. FEMA is in
the process of updating the FIRMs for Cambridge
and surrounding communities. This process
will revise the limits of the flood plain,
which in Cambridge is principally located
in the Alewife area. Approximately 160 additional
buildings are proposed to be included in
the revised flood plain limits in Alewife.
Preliminary flood maps and
the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) prepared
by FEMA are available for review on line
(below) and at these Cambridge locations:
Dept. of Public Works
– 147 Hampshire Street
City Clerk’s Office – 795
Massachusetts Avenue
Conservation Commission Office –
344 Broadway
Community Development Department Office
– 344 Broadway
Department of Public Works – 147
Hampshire Street
Inspectional Services Department - 831
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge Public Library - Longfellow
School, 359 Broadway
Boudreau Branch Library - 245 Concord
Ave
Collins Branch Library - 64 Aberdeen Ave
O'Neill Branch Library - 70 Rindge Ave
Central Square Branch Library - 45 Pearl
St
O'Connell Branch Library - 48 Sixth St
Valente Branch Library - 826 Cambridge
St.
The City urges any residents/property
owners/businesses who think they may be
affected by the proposed revised flood maps
to contact:
Daisy Sweeney,
FEMA Insurance Specialist: 617-832-4788/
daisy.sweeny@dhs.gov
David Mendelsohn, FEMA Region 1: 617-832-4713/
david.mendelsohn@dhs.gov
Richard Zingarelli, DCR: 617-626-1406/
richard.zingarelli@state.ma.us
Catherine Woodbury,
Cambridge DPW: 617-349-4818/ cwoodbury@cambridgema.gov
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