https://maps.epcounty.com/arcgis/rest/services/Basemaps/Census_2020_Basemap/MapServer
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Pellicano Dr. Project - Upcoming Roadway Closures (10/7/2021)
Far East El Paso County motorists should expect traffic switch as Pellicano widening progresses
Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cO0ZA9D3yBFI0Q7iK9_LoQK8dEfIpazv/view?usp=sharing
Friday, October 1, 2021
Pellicano Dr. Project - Upcoming Roadway Closures
Pellicano Dr. Project - Upcoming Roadway Closures
September 30, 2021
Motorists
are encouraged to take alternate routes and plan for additional time to reach
their destinations. For the public and the construction workers' safety,
motorists are also reminded to obey all
traffic signs.
Daily Lane Closure
From Tuesday October 5th, 2021
Through Monday October 11th, 2021
Daily from 9am to 3pm
Please refer to link below showing a map location of the area affected:
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
March 24, 2021
El Paso County Planning and Development Department would like to inform to the Community about the upcoming reconstruction intersection and closure at Pellicano Dr. and Mission Ridge Blvd. The intersection will be closed for reconstruction in order to install new utilities, traffics signals and concrete pavement. Motorist are encourage to follow the new traffic signal and detour road. Below is a link where the full map of the detour and improvements can be access. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with the on-going major improvement as part of the Pellicano Dr. Re-Built.
Motorists are encouraged to take alternate routes and plan for additional time to reach their destinations. For the public and the construction workers' safety, motorists are also reminded to obey all traffic signs.
Reconstruction of Mission Ridge and Pellicano Intersection
Long Term Closure
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 through
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
• Pellicano Dr. and Mission Ridge Intersection The intersection will be closed for reconstruction in order to install new utilities, traffics signals and concrete pavement. Motorists are encouraged to follow temporary traffic signal light and detour road shown on map below.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Hillcrest Public Participation Plan
The County is working toward developing and constructing a water distribution system located in the Hillcrest Center community in El Paso County (EPC), Texas. The community is approximately 20 miles east of downtown El Paso along Montana Boulevard and is approximately 12 miles north of the US/Mexico border. The community currently does not have access to a water distribution system, and residents haul water for their household needs. There are significant health concerns related to hauling water since it leads to significant opportunities for contamination from waterborne diseases. The proposed Project will construct a water distribution system owned by El Paso county, and supplied by El Paso Water, ensuring that the residents have access to a secure water supply in full compliance with TCEQ regulatory criteria. The project development will include planning, environmental documents, and design. Funding for the project’s construction will be provided by USDA-RD and the EPA’s BEIF program.
There are a number of project-specific materials below for the review and reference of the pubic in English and Spanish.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
El Paso Virtual Flood Risk Open House Videos
Below find links to the Open House Videos, from December 16th and 17th in both English and Spanish.
English Zoom video with ASL and captioning
Spanish Zoom video with ASL no captions
Spanish Zoom video with ASL and captioning
El Paso County Preliminary Map Release - Frequently Asked Questions
Preguntas Frequentes Sobre los Mapas Preliminares Para El Condado De El Paso
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Need More Information?
The release of new maps often results in many questions. Here are some potential resources for more information:
How Do I Find My Property on the Existing or New Preliminary Flood Maps? – Current and preliminary flood maps can be found using the El Paso Map Change Viewer. Easy-to-follow instructions for using the viewer can be found here, and detailed instructions can be found in the El Paso Map Change Viewer Fact Sheet.How Do the Preliminary Flood Maps Affect New Construction? – For unincorporated El Paso County, contact the Planning and Development Department at (915) 546-2015. For the City of El Paso, contact the Building and Development Permitting Division at (915) 212-1598. [feel free to put specific contact info here in place of the above]
How Do the Preliminary Flood Maps Affect My Flood Insurance Requirement and Cost? – Contact your insurance agent and visit www.Floodsmart.gov/Flood-Map-Zone/Map-Changes. You can also review these fact sheets:
- Map Changes and Flood Insurance: What Property Owners Need to Know
- A Lower-Cost Flood Insurance Option for El Paso Property Owners Whose Buildings are Newly Identified to be in a High-Risk Area English / Spanish
How Do I Find Out More about Flood Insurance? – Contact your insurance agent and visit www.FloodSmart.gov. You can review the information in the following fact sheets:
- Why Do I Need Flood Insurance?
- Your Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Flooding
- Lower-Cost Flood Insurance: The Preferred Risk Policy
- NFIP Summary of Coverage
For information within the City of El Paso limits, click here.
For information within other municipalities, please contact the following:
Learn More About the El Paso Mapping Process
Updating El Paso’s
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) has been a
multi-year, multi-phase effort. FEMA has worked with communities and property
owners at all steps of the process to incorporate the best data available. The
flood maps are developed using sound science generated by engineering experts,
and FEMA always reviews and considers additional, validated flood hazard
information from property owners and communities. As part of this collaborative
process, a community or individual can review, appeal, and contribute to the
development of a flood map before the community officially adopts the map.
The figure below highlights several of the phases. To learn more about the
different phases of flood mapping, refer to the infographic What
Goes Into A Flood Map? or visit here.
To learn more about the history of the El Paso mapping study, download and read
the project fact sheet English / Spanish
During the 90 days, anyone can file a scientific or technical appeal or
comment through their community. Please visit this webpage
for more details.
Once FEMA has reviewed and resolved all appeals and comments it receives from
El Paso, it will finalize the flood map and study and issue a Letter
of Final Determination (LFD). Communities have 6 months from the
date of the LFD to ensure that their floodplain management ordinances recognize
the new FIRM and FIS. During this time, residents and business owners whose
flood risk is increasing should get a flood insurance policy in place to take
advantage of the cost-saving insurance rating options that may not be available
once the new flood maps are effective. Visit this webpage
for more details
on impacts on flood insurance.
Options If You Disagree with the Preliminary Flood Maps
When a
preliminary flood map is issued and you disagree with the new flood risk
identified for your property, you have two ways to try to amend it.
Appeal or Comment – This option involves a formal process that occurs after the preliminary flood maps are released, but before the final ones are issued (shown below as the 90-day Public Review-Appeal and Comment Period); or
Letter of Map Change – A property owner can submit information to request a property-specific Letter of Map Change (LOMC). If it is approved, the LOMC will officially change the building’s flood risk from high to moderate or low. This typically reduces the cost of flood insurance. This opportunity occurs at any time after the new flood map becomes effective.
Appeals and
Letters of Map Change
APPEALS AND COMMENTS
When a preliminary flood map becomes available, some residents, business owners, developers and others may disagree with the flood risk shown in certain areas. FEMA provides a 90-day appeal and comment period for new or revised Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), flood hazard zones, and/or floodway boundaries. Members of the community have opportunities to submit evidence on why they believe their property has been improperly mapped. However, the evidence must be scientifically or technically based. Even if “it hasn’t flooded in a while (or ever),” technical analysis can show that the risk exists.
During the 90-day appeal and comment period, you can submit:
•
An appeal – which is a formal written objection to a new or modified
BFE, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), floodway, or flood
zone This must be supported by an analysis or scientific evidence showing that
the information on the preliminary map is scientifically or technically
incorrect.
• A comment – which points out changes needed for any other information related to the new map (such as a street name or jurisdictional boundary).
After the appeal period, FEMA will evaluate the data and/or analysis in the appeals and comments provided during the 90-day period. Once all appeals are resolved, FEMA will send an appeal resolution letter to the community and all appellants and revise the preliminary FIRM as appropriate. After that, FEMA will finalize the flood map and send a Letter of Final Determination to each community, stating that the map will become effective in 6 months.
For more details on filing an appeal or comment, visit these resources:
- Application Information for Appeal and Comment of a Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
- Appeals and Comments: Required Support Data and Documentation for Property Owners
- Appeals and Comments: Information for Property Owners English / Spanish
LETTER OF MAP CHANGES (LOMCs)
Due to scale limitations, a preliminary map may inadvertently show a building (or part of it) within a high-risk flood zone (a Special Flood Hazard Area, or SFHA). When the new maps become effective, property owners may submit mapping and survey information to FEMA to request a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or a Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F). The more precise details you provide may allow FEMA to officially change the building’s flood zone from an SFHA to Zone X, a moderate- to low-risk flood zone.
While this process may also remove the federal mandatory purchase requirement for flood insurance when the map becomes effective – and your lender may no longer require flood insurance – it does not mean the risk of flooding has been removed; it is only reduced. You are strongly encouraged to continue to carry flood insurance using the lower-cost Preferred Risk Policy. More than 40% of flood claims in Texas come from policyholders in moderate- to low-risk flood zones.
For
more information on LOMAs and LOMR-Fs, visit these resources:
Potential Impacts of Map Changes on Flood Insurance and Options
When flood maps are updated, some residents and business owners may find that their property’s flood risk is higher or lower than before. Others may see no change. Some may now be required to carry flood insurance, while others will no longer have to. If you find that your flood risk has changed, it is important to know how that change may affect your requirement for and cost of flood insurance. Check the different scenarios below, which include your options for reducing any financial impacts. You can also download a summary fact sheet here.
If your home or business is newly identified as being in a high-risk flood area, most lenders must require you to carry flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers a cost-saving flood insurance rating option called the Newly Mapped Procedure English / Spanish. Read this fact sheet English / Spanish for more details.
With this option, property owners who buy a policy within the first 12 months after a new map becomes effective are eligible for the lower-cost Preferred Risk Policy (PRP). Rates will then go up no more than 18% each year until they reach a standard Zone X rate, or the rate based on the new flood map, whichever is cheaper.
The NFIP grandfathering rule allows policyholders who have a policy in effect before the new maps become effective or have built-in compliance with the flood map in effect at the time of construction to keep their previous flood zone or BFE to calculate their insurance rate. This can result in significant savings.
If your property’s flood risk is changing from a high-risk area (Zone A) to a moderate- or low-risk area (Zone X), the federal requirement to carry flood insurance by lenders is removed; however, the flood risk is not…it is just reduced. About 25% of NFIP flood claims in the U.S. are from policyholders in the lower-risk Zone X.
The reduction in flood risk typically means flood insurance will be cheaper when the maps become effective. Residents and business owners are strongly encouraged to ask their insurance agent to convert their more expensive high-risk policy to the lower-cost Preferred Risk Policy and maintain coverage. No additional money is needed up front, and you will get a refund for the cost difference.
While map changes will affect some property owners, many residents and business owners are not affected. However, this is a good time to review your flood insurance coverage with your insurance agent. Most homeowner policies do NOT cover damage due to flooding. When the new maps go into effect, your property may be closer to a high-risk area than before. More than 40% of NFIP flood claims in Texas are from policyholders in Zone X.
If you have a flood insurance policy, talk with your insurance agent to see if you are fully insured to receive replacement cost for your home and that you have contents coverage. If you don’t have flood insurance, you may qualify for the lower-cost Preferred Risk Policy, which automatically includes contents coverage.
Identify Your Flood Risk
Flood risks change over time. Water flow and drainage patterns can change dramatically due to environmental changes, land use, and other forces. Consequently, the likelihood of flooding can also change. However, older flood hazard maps may not reflect these changes. Based on new digital mapping techniques, detailed, reliable, and current information on county and local community flood hazards is now available on updated flood hazard maps. These new preliminary flood maps present a better picture of areas most likely to be affected by flooding and provide a better foundation for making important building, land use, and flood insurance decisions.
Property owners need to know how the
flood risk for their property may have changed. FEMA provides a mapping tool
specifically for this mapping project, known as the El Paso Map Change Viewer, that
will show which areas on the new preliminary flood map have increased in flood
risk and which ones have decreased. The following are simplified instructions
for using the Viewer; for more detailed instructions, download the El Paso Map Change Viewer Fact Sheet.
Follow the steps below to review flood changes in your area. This tool functions best in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Apple Safari browsers on your computer.
Step 1. To launch the interactive tool, enter http://bit.ly/EP_ChangeViewer into your browser. Users will be greeted with a disclaimer window. Click OK . The default view is the Comparison Layer.
Step 2. At the top left-hand corner of the viewer, users can enter a location, address or latitude/longitude point, and the viewer will zoom to your location of interest. Once the tool identifies the address or location entered by the user, it will load the preliminary flood hazard information. If the address pin (black dot) is in a red or green shaded area, the property address is included in an area where the flood data has been updated/changed.
Step 3. Please take a moment to select the Preliminary data set from the layer list to review your property once more. If the property is within a teal polygon, it is in a high-risk flood hazard area. If the property address is in a grey-shaded area, its flood risk is moderate. The layer list button also offers a chance to review the current effective flood map.
For other features that may enhance your experience, please download and read the El Paso Map Change Viewer Fact Sheet.
Monday, November 23, 2020
El Paso Virtual Flood Risk Open House
Welcome to the El Paso Virtual Flood Risk Open House
***Click here for links to the Open House Videos, and Frequently Asked Questions from December 16th and 17th in both English and Spanish.***
Flood risks in El Paso change over time because of new building and development, weather patterns, and other factors. El Paso is in FEMA’s Region 6, which works with international, federal, state, tribal, and local partners across the region to identify flood risk and to promote informed planning and development practices to help reduce that risk. This work is done through FEMA’s Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program. Updating flood hazard maps and the Flood Insurance Study is a multi-year effort that involves several phases.
One phase involves
delivering preliminary flood maps to the communities involved, for their review
and comments. Sometimes, a Flood Risk Open House is held, with stations for
residents and business owners to learn more about how their flood risk may have
changed, possible impacts on flood insurance requirements and costs, and what to
do if they disagree with the preliminary maps. At the stations, attendees can
also meet one-on-one with a mapping or insurance specialist or a local or FEMA
representative. We
have also created an online version you can “visit.” At each station, visitors
can learn more about the new maps and the flood study.
Each of the five links below is a “station” for you to visit. We recommend that you start with Identify Your Flood Risk.
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