Army Corps of Engineers officials from the Wilmington District are asking for comments on a proposed public boat launch facility on Bogue Sound in western Carteret County.
The proposed boat launch is to be built on a 67-acre parcel set well off N.C. Highway 24 in the Ocean community of Newport, between Goose Creek and Sanders Creek.
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Plans for the proposed facility, which are available online along with the public notice, include six ramps, a transient floating dock, 159-space boat trailer parking lot and an access channel to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
The applicant, Carteret County, said that the new access is to provide access to Bogue Sound for boaters and vacationers to the area, as well as alleviate pressures at other boat ramps. Carteret County, the North Carolina Coastal Federation and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are working together on the project.
The proposed project will require new dredging within coastal wetlands, waters and submerged aquatic vegetation, and upland excavation at the site.
The proposed project includes living shorelines installation on the property and south of the proposed boat ramp facility to offset the loss of about eight-tenths of an acre of submerged aquatic vegetation and habitat.
The Coastal Federation is in the process of designing its new Center for Coastal Protection and Restoration to be built on 10 acres neighboring the proposed public boat ramp facility. There will also be a hiking trial connecting Bogue Sound to the Croatan National Forest on the property as well.
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Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. Aug. 26 to Liz Hair, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, 69 Darlington Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403, or to sarah.e.hair@usace.army.mil, or to WilmingtonNCREG@usace.army.mil.
