After Hurricane Sandy brushed by the Outer Banks in late October and damaged Highway 12, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said it planned to have the road repaired and open by Thanksgiving. That didn?t happen because of a siege of northeast winds that kept the ocean washing over the highway at Mirlo Beach and […]
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DOT’s long-term solution to problems at S-curves not expected until March
As transportation officials struggle to make Highway 12 passable through Mirlo Beach and the S-curves, a decision on the long-term fix at the troublesome spot has been put off until late winter — more than a year later than originally expected. Beth Smyre, state Department of Transportation project manager, said that with the challenges created […]
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Dredge will be at Hatteras Inlet in about 10 days
The pipeline dredge Richmond is expected to make its way from Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor to Hatteras Inlet within 10 days. Roger Bullock, chief of navigation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said today that the dredge should finish its work in the harbor in the next two days, if there are no problems. […]
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Stuck vehicles cause more DOT restrictions on four-wheel route
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is putting more restrictions on the four-wheel-drive route on northern Hatteras Island because of an ongoing problem with vehicles getting stuck. The problem area for four-wheel-drive vehicles is at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe. Now that the ocean is no longer regularly overwashing the route at high tide, the […]
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Emergency ferry departures reduced
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is reducing the total number of runs each day at the Stumpy Point-Rodanthe emergency route from nine to eight from each side. The change is to reduce costs and is effective Wednesday, Nov. 28. The eliminated runs are those with the least amount of traffic and […]
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Community Foundation honors retiring executive and welcomes new director
As the Outer Banks Community Foundation (OBCF) celebrates its 30th anniversary during the month of November, the organization announces a change in leadership. Founded in 1982 by David Stick, Andy Griffith, Ray White, Edward Green, George Crocker, Martin Kellogg and Jack Adams, OBCF has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants and scholarships to organizations […]
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The View from Above: New aerial photos of Hatteras Island ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
Island Free Press photographer Don Bowers was back in the air yesterday with Dwight Burrus of Hatteras village to get new photos from above of the Mirlo Beach/S-curves area and Pea Island Inlet. The photos from Mirlo and the S-curves show that the ocean has calmed down after days and day of northeast wind, but, […]
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SELC asks for judicial review of CAMA permit to replace Bonner Bridge
BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK The Southern Environmental Law Center is seeking to have a judge review a challenge to Major CAMA permit allowing construction of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. The request for a judicial review was filed just about an hour before the courts closed on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Attorneys […]
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Seas calm down over Thanksgiving weekend …WITH SLIDE SHOW AND VIDEO
The gray skies, high winds, and heavy seas from low pressure systems off the coast finally gave way to sunshine and just plain old breezy conditions on the day after Thanksgiving. Travelers on Highway 12 faced obstacles from long ferry lines, to a few cancelled ferries, to intermittent overwash on the four-wheel-drive only route around […]
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2013 annual ORV permits go on sale Dec. 1
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore off-road-vehicle permit offices will begin issuing the 2013 annual ORV permit on Saturday, Dec. 1. The 2013 annual permit will be valid from the date of purchase through Dec. 31, 2013 at a cost of $120 per permit. The ORV permit offices are open seven days a week, from 8 […]
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