North Topsail Beach officials say the town now has federal approval to begin Hurricane Florence dune restoration work that was supposed to have begun in November.
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Nags Head Questions Nourishment Funds
Dare County’s plan to fund sand pumping in Southern Shores and Avon by withholding $1.4 million in beach nourishment funds from each of the five oceanfront communities met pushback from Nags Head commissioners.
Long-Term Plans Ahead for Shifting Sands
Federal, state and local officials in coastal North Carolina are taking new approaches toward sand management and ever more serious beach erosion and channel shoaling.
Dare Looks Far Offshore for Beach Sand
Dare County has struck a deal with federal agencies to mine sand from the outer continental shelf for a one-time beach re-nourishment project to begin next spring for Duck, Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk.