RALEIGH — State lawmakers are weighing a bill that could make it easier to replace homes and businesses lost in the floodwaters as western North Carolina rebuilds from Hurricane Helene.
[ What Helene’s more than 2,000 landslides can teach us about how and where to rebuild ]
Senate Bill 266 would exempt projects from state and local floodplain requirements if those projects involve the reconstruction or replacement of buildings destroyed in a 200-year flood event.
This would allow builders to reconstruct properties without elevating them.
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