Improved Flood Risk Maps: Enhanced Data and Public Access
This act aims to enhance the accuracy of flood risk maps, helping citizens better assess flood threats to their properties. It will also provide easier access to detailed flood risk data, which can influence decisions regarding insurance purchases and construction planning.
Key points
Flood maps will include more details like roads, structures, and addresses, increasing their precision.
Flood risk data, including hydrological models and reports, will be publicly available online, even down to the property level.
River flow gauge stations will be modernized and added in high-risk areas to ensure up-to-date data.
Maps will be regularly updated, every five years, to reflect the latest flood hazard information.
A portion of flood insurance revenues will be allocated to creating and maintaining accurate flood risk maps.
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