What impact will approval of the region’s AR Zone application have on planned business expansion or new developments?
This designation recognizes that the levees still offer a significant level of protection and that restoration is underway. Should FEMA accept the application and issue the preliminary and new maps with the AR Zone designation, it will allow for purchase of flood insurance at reduced rates, and allow for more relaxed structure elevation requirements than in other Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) and allow for a 10-year period to carry out a plan for repair and restoration of the levees. Regional leaders, however, are committed to completing the restoration work in the most time efficient and cost effective manner possible.
