UPDATE: New flood rate maps taking effect in March

2017. this is the result of changes urged by town leaders. as 47 a-b-c’s lili zheng reports — town officials say the current maps have a major inaccuracy — which a number of property owners have already had to pay for. 11:03:44 those maps determine essentially what flood zone you’re in and what flood zone you’re in, determines how much what your flood insurance premium is 53 track 1 and for twenty-six properties in ocean city — terry mcgean says that means owners may have been charged up to ten times what they should have been. the properties — a stretch of mainly condos between 93rd and 123rd streets — were located in areas considered high hazard for coastal flooding. mcgean — city engineer for the town of ocean city — explains this stems from flood rate maps published by fema and adopted by ocean city in july of 20-15. 11:04:22 the way they mapped the line…it actually did not coincide with the corps of engineers’ dune 34 and they map the line further to the west of where it should have been mapped 40 track 2 the maps were supposed to be based off the corps of engineer’s beach replenishment project — which included a protective dune. the problem was first brought to the city council’s attention this past spring. since then — mcgean says his office and the town have been working to correct the maps. that includes — resurveying dunes with the corps of the engineers — and working with legislators. 11:26:35 senator mikulski, senator cardin and also congressman harris. we also met, a couple of times, out on site with their representatives from their offices…46 track 3 based on that data, fema has issued a letter of map revision — moving the line to better coincide with the existing dunes. fixing the problem for the future- but it will be up to individuals to negotiate possible rebates from their insurance companies if they were overcharged lili zheng, 47 a-b-c according to the town engineer — who you heard from in that report — the new map will take effect this coming march. planning is already underway for one