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.
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.
Dare County has been recognized by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association for having one of the country’s best restored beaches.
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.
The Brunswick County beach town has voted to withdraw its application to the Army Corps of Engineers for permits to build a terminal groin at Lockwood Folly Inlet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
North Topsail Beach officials were advised this week to focus on inlet navigation rather than the town’s chronic north-end erosion in their appeal to Onslow County for help paying for a proposed terminal groin.
The same coastal processes that recently created the popular new feature known as Shelly Island at Cape Point on Hatteras Island are robbing areas farther south of sand.
A major beach re-nourishment project on the Outer Banks has encountered far more sea turtles than expected, which has prompted further study but hasn’t slowed progress.
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