Beach & Inlet Management

  • Topsail Towns Discuss Florence’s Lessons

    Officials from Topsail Island’s three towns gathered last week to hear the advice of a coastal engineering expert, talk shoreline protection and confer on their long road to recovery from Hurricane Florence.

  • Dare Moving Ahead on Inlet Dredge Plan

    A private contractor is expected to be selected this month to carry out the state’s new $15 million plan for addressing shoaling problems in shallow-draft inlets.

  • Topsail Beach Board Upholds Building Permit

    Topsail Beach’s board of adjustment has denied a building permit challenge by nearby property owners who say that construction on the oceanfront would put their land at greater risk of flooding.

  • Panel Proposes Redrawn Inlet Hazard Areas

    The Coastal Resources Commission Science Panel, after more than a decade of study, is ready to present its recommended boundaries defining inlet hazard areas on N.C. beaches, setting the stage for new development rules.

  • Board Denies Freeman Park Owners’ Appeal

    The Carolina Beach Board of Adjustment this week denied an appeal by Freeman Park property owners to dismiss violations for erecting a post and rope barrier in the public right of way.

  • In addition to smaller rocks, people walking the beach have to watch out for larger rocks such as these scattered on shore. Photo: Talton

    N. Topsail Removes More Rocks From Beach

    As directed by regulatory officials, North Topsail Beach has for the third time removed rocks pumped onto a section of beach in 2015, completing the work in time for sea turtle nesting season.

  • N. Topsail Board Refuses Revetment Contract

    The North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen has refused to accept the lone contract proposal offered so far to repair the sandbag wall built to protect beachfront homes and condos from erosion.

  • Dune Protection Fight Put On Hold … Again

    A state appeals court has upheld the judge’s ruling that dismissed a challenge to Topsail Beach’s repeal of its longstanding dune protection ordinance, shifting the fight back to the local level.

  • N. Topsail Board Hears Terminal Groin Plan

    A design firm presented its preliminary preferred alternative to aldermen in erosion-prone North Topsail Beach last week, suggesting application for federal and state permits to build a 2,000-foot terminal groin.

  • N. Topsail Manager: Avoid Rocky Sand Site

    North Topsail Beach’s outgoing manager stressed to town aldermen that pumping sand from the offshore borrow site the Onslow County town is permitted to use could get expensive … again.