While the new Bonner Bridge remains on track for a February or March, N.C. 12 is being shifted for the duration of “jug handle” bridge construction, a part of the second phase of the Bonner Bridge replacement project.
NCDOT recently announced that a new river-class vehicle ferry is nearing completion and is expected to be in the water by this spring.
Foul weather in recent weeks has pushed back the opening of the Bonner Bridge replacement from the originally scheduled January 2019 to February or March.
The Dare County Board of Commissioners approved earlier this month the proposed framework of the recently revived Commission for Working Watermen, opening the door for member appointments to be made.
The new Ocracoke Express passenger ferry is expected to be complete by the end of the year and a public launch is planned for M.ay
Officials say the Bonner Bridge replacement will be open by the end of the year while the “jug-handle” bridge from the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge to Rodanthe is expected open to traffic by late 2020.
Dare held Monday its first County Commission for Working Watermen meeting since December 2012 in an an effort to reactivate the commission.
The NCDOT Ferry Division plans to reopen the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route Friday, despite additional ocean over-wash of N.C. 12 this week from a low-pressure system off the coast.
Organizers are bringing the focus back to the water for the 2018 Day at the Docks in Hatteras Village set for Sept. 14-15.
The Dare County Waterways Commission discussed dredging Rodanthe and Avon harbors and Hatteras Inlet during its Aug. 13 meeting in Buxton.
