Frisco Fishing Pier Removal Scheduled to Begin in December 2017 A project to remove Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier and its pier house will begin in December 2017. The removal project was awarded to DOT Construction (Beaufort, NC) and is expected to be completed by Spring 2018. Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier, also known as Frisco Pier, […]
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Currently there is an expanded turtle nest with no through access between Ramp 43 and Ramp 44. It has red stop signs and red carsonites with rope strung between them down to the high tide line as well as square white signs advising turtle nest and no driving through or below the nest. Night driving […]
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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update The hopper dredge R.N. Weeks returned to Buxton around 9 o’clock this morning and has begun pumping sand. Crews will continue working, moving to the south, as long as the weather and wave heights allow for safe operations. Over the past week, the dredge completed 37 loads (compared to 22 loads […]
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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update After working from the northern subline or landing point for several days last week, the hopper dredge R. N. Weeks connected to the southern subline near the village’s northern boundary on Saturday and pumped sand to the area until approximately 6 p.m. Saturday evening. Due to the current cold front and […]
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NCDOT Expands Ferry Schedule to ccommodate Pirate Jamboree Attendees Avast ye mateys! The N.C. Department of Transportation will be adding extra trips on its Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry flotilla to assist all buccaneers and landlubbers finding their way to the Blackbeard Pirate Jamboree on Saturday, Oct. 28. Instead of the usual 26 trips to and from Ocracoke, […]
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Six class action lawsuits against PCL Construction were combined into just one lawsuit in federal court late last week. Chief Judge James Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the ruling, noting that the lawsuits were inherently similar in nature. The Court’s Order stated that the lawsuits […]
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By CAPTAIN DAVID WILSON By CAPTAIN DAVID WILSON While September lets you know that change is in the air, October IS the change. Northeasters and cooler temperatures become more frequent, the air conditioner gets a break as the windows open more often, and sweatshirts are pulled out of the closet for the chilly mornings that […]
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It is early morning, and just over the horizon and rising with the sun come the notable red and white striped outriggers of the Albatross Fleet. 80 years ago in 1937, the Albatross was the first boat built in North Carolina for the express purpose of Offshore charter boat fishing. All these years later, this […]
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NCDOT contractors will begin major deck maintenance work on the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 64 Bypass) across Croatan Sound beginning Monday, Oct. 23. The work, which will extend the life of the bridge, will include concrete deck repairs, concrete crack sealing, and new pavement markings. The work is scheduled to begin with the […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK Even in its wretched, storm-battered state, the teetering Frisco Pier is still an Outer Banks celebrity, with photographs of it all over the Internet, and Facebook pages dedicated to it. But by the end of the year, the remains of the iconic 55-year-old yellow pier house and rickety pier will be gone […]
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