The Ocracoke-Hatteras passenger ferry under construction will miss its planned delivery date, NCDOT Ferry Division staff confirmed this week.
Coast Guard, NASA Test Orion Replica
Crews of U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Macon and the USCG buoy tender Maple worked March 10 with members of NASA and their Orion spacecraft development team to conduct open water testing for the Orion Crew Module. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Mid-Currituck Bridge Gets Go-Ahead
North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Turnpike Authority received federal approval to move forward with the mid-Currituck bridge project.
Bald Head Renourishment Project Nears End
Bald Head Island’s $11.7 million beach renourishment project, which should be completed by the end of the month, is expected to protect a rock groin as well as add material to South Beach.
Dismal Swamp Canal Dredging to Begin
Maintenance dredging on the Dismal Swamp Canal is expected to begin early next week, which is a year ahead of schedule because of residual effects of the 2016 Hurricane Matthew.
Environmental Management Board to Meet
State Environmental Management Commission committees are scheduled to meet March 13 with the full commission meeting March 14 in Raleigh.
Oregon Inlet Bridge Named for Basnight
The North Carolina Board of Transportation Thursday morning voted to name the newly constructed Bonner Bridge replacement over Oregon Inlet for former state Sen. Marc Basnight.
Silver Creek Rezoning Request on Hold
Peletier commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of a request to rezone Silver Creek Golf Course for residential use, one short of the four needed for approval. The board will hold in April a second vote on the request.
Stein, 8 Other AGs Join Case to Block Seismic
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein along with eight other state attorneys general joined Wednesday a case filed in December in South Carolina seeking a motion for a preliminary injunction to block seismic testing off the East Coast.
Morehead City Project Meeting Planned
NCDOT representatives will be on hand March 20 in Morehead City for a drop-in meeting on proposed project to extend Bridges Street Extension to U.S. 70 near the Wildwood community in Carteret County.
Florence: Federal Help for NC Exceeds $1.2B
As of March 1, more than $1.2 billion in federal assistance has been approved to assist North Carolinians since Hurricane Florence struck six months ago.
Groups Join to Save Historic Navassa Chapel
The Coastal Land Trust and the Cedar Hill/West Bank Heritage Foundation announced Monday the trust’s purchase of Reaves Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Navassa.Â
Next Quarterly Navassa Meeting is March 26
The next public information meeting about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. – Navassa Superfund Site in Navassa will take place the evening of March 26 in the town’s community center.
Spring Highway Cleanups to Take Place
The North Carolina Department of Transportation seeks volunteers for a statewide spring litter sweep set for April 13-27.
North River Preserve Temporarily Closed
Carteret County’s North River Wetlands Preserve will be closed to the public through the summer during the the final stages of restoring the 6,000-acre site from farmland to forested and tidal wetlands.
Two Coastal Recycling Businesses Get Grants
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s recycling program has provided $511,000 in grants to 17 recycling companies across the state, including two on the coast.
