More than 50 people attended the special meeting. Most of those who spoke opposed the de-annexation of the property. Photo: Mark Hibbs SUNSET BEACH – Mayor Ron Watts says this Brunswick County town may hire a lobbyist to try and block a bill making its way through the state General…
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Sunset Beach Tries Again On Dredging Plan
South Jinks Creek, the bay area, and feeder channel work area are shown, along with the proposed near-shore spoils site. Image: Sunset Beach Sunset Beach has resubmitted permit applications to state and federal agencies after finding a new proposed location to put the sand the town hopes to have pumped…
Sunset Beach Studying Plan to Dredge Canals
SUNSET BEACH – A study that’s underway to help map the future of dredging projects in Sunset Beach is raising concerns about potential environmental effects on the waterways around the island. Town leaders expect to receive by October a preliminary draft of the study, which is examining sediment samples, potential…
Sunset Beach Clear to Begin Creek Dredging
The proposed dredging project is to restore and maintain navigation access in South Jinks Creek, the bay area and the feeder channel system. Image: Sunset Beach With all of the necessary permits now in hand, Sunset Beach plans to begin dredging area creeks and canals later this year. But a…
Time Added for Sunset Beach Permit Review
SUNSET BEACH — The N.C. Division of Coastal Management will allow more time for public comment on a developer’s application to build an oceanfront housing development with a private access bridge in an area here that was once an inlet. Here is a site plan for the proposed Sunset Beach…
Application Filed for Sunset Beach Bridge
SUNSET BEACH — The Coast Guard is seeking public comments on the proposed construction of a wooden bridge across an unnamed tributary here. A company called Sunset Beach West LLC wants to build the private bridge to access a planned oceanfront housing development in an area that was once an…
Sunset Beach to hold annual Earth Day, Arbor Day event
…Sunset Beach has plans to celebrate on Friday both Earth Day and Arbor Day. The Sunset Beach Environmental Resource Committee is hosting the program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the town park, 206 Sunset Blvd. “Arbor Day was first celebrated in 1872 and Earth Day in 1970. Both…
Sunset Beach Council Votes to Hire Lobbyist
SUNSET BEACH — Town council members here again met behind closed doors Monday to discuss a bill in the North Carolina General Assembly that would de-annex three areas of town and voted to hire a lobbyist to fight the measure, according to Mayor Ron Watts’ Facebook page. Ron Watts The…
CRC Grants Hearing on Sunset Beach Permit
SUNSET BEACH — The state’s Coastal Resources Commission has granted a hearing requested by nonprofit groups seeking to challenge a permit issued for an oceanfront housing development in the area of a former inlet here. The Sunset Beach Taxpayers Association Inc. and the North Carolina Coastal Federation, represented by the…
Sunset Beach Wants CRC to Table Inlet Proposal
SUNSET BEACH — The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission, at its meeting today in Nags Head, will be asked to table a decision on a controversial proposal to remove land that was once a tidal inlet from state rules that restrict development. Sunset Beach officials are asking the commission to postpone…
Sunset Beach De-Annex Bill Fails to Survive
Update: July 2, 2016 — Sen. Bill Rabon succeeded late Thursday in convincing Finance Committee chairs to add his Sunset Beach de-annexation bill to a final meeting of the committee on Friday, but according to Rep. Susie Hamilton, the move was halted when Rep. Frank Iler asked that the bill…
State Conditions Sunset Beach Dredge Permit
South Jinks Creek connects to Tubbs Inlet with the Intracoastal Waterway, providing ocean access to property owners who live on the eastern end of Sunset Beach. SUNSET BEACH – The town has received a state permit to dredge south Jinks Creek to less than half of the depth the town…