New Mat-Su flood mapping system more accurate

After 2012 floods in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough required disaster relief, many area homeowners living in the flood plain were required to get expensive flood insurance. Now, a new mapping system will allow about a thousand homeowners to consider dropping their flood insurance bills.
According to Matanuska-Susitna Borough development services manager Alex Strawn, a recent mapping project has enabled the borough to reduce or change the outlines of the flood plain. And this comes as good ne