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<br /> <br />T ABLE 7-4 <br /> <br />ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF <br />REMOVING EXISTING STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS FROM A FLOOD HAZARD AREA <br /> <br />Advantages <br /> <br />Flood damage is eliminated, there is no <br />residual damage. <br /> <br />Removal allows land use adjustments which <br />may be beneficial to the community. <br /> <br />Improved hydraulic performance for passing <br />flood flows. <br /> <br />Maintenance of flood plain land may be <br />reduced. <br /> <br />References <br /> <br />Disadvantages <br /> <br />Compared with other measures for existing <br />structures removal is costly. <br /> <br />Advantages associated with being at the <br />flood plain site are lost. <br /> <br />The vacated site remains requiring continued <br />maintenance with associated costs. <br /> <br />1. U.S. Army Engineers, "Feasibility Report, Burnell, Crystal, and Scolls Bay and Vicinity, <br />Bay town, Texas", Galveston, Texas, January 1975. <br /> <br /> <br />53 <br /> <br />