From CoastalReview.org Maybe one North Carolina insurance provider should join the industry trend and advertise: “Hello Beach Plan policyholders! Do you need a new roof? Want to save on your property insurance? How about we help you out with as much as $8,000 toward a much stronger roof that is fortified to withstand storms? And […]
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Anti-regulation sentiment may be fueling insurance crisis
April 8, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Catherine Kozak
First of a two-part series by Catherine Kozak, Coastal Review When Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey met last month in Manteo for a brief overview and Q&A with community members worried about property insurance issues, he stressed that his office had limited power over building code changes and insurance company business decisions in North Carolina that […]
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Emergency dredging in Hatteras Inlet will continue through March as Waterways Commission seeks to make dredging easier in the future
March 13, 2024 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak
After desperately needed emergency dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel was nearly impeded last month by a time-consuming permit requirement, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission on Monday applauded the remarkably fast resolution that allowed the project to start. “I think this was a very productive couple of months, or couple of weeks, especially,” […]
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Ferry Division, Waterways Commission work to establish new route for ferry traffic in Hatteras Inlet
January 13, 2024 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | 1
Faced with increasingly dangerous conditions in Sloop Channel, the North Carolina Ferry Division has sought an emergency declaration to address safety for ferry traffic in Hatteras Inlet. Now it appears likely the Army Corps of Engineers will soon be able to provide the necessary work. “We heard you loud and clear,” Bob Keistler, Army Corps […]
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Pipeline dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel unlikely this winter
Pipeline dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel is not expected to happen this winter while agencies continue to seek solutions to funding shortfalls and dredge material disposal complications, a state ferry division official recently informed the Dare County Waterways Commission. “We’re told it’s on hold until we can figure things out,” Catherine Peele, planning and […]
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Buxton Navy base’s reminders not just petroleum in soils
From CoastalReview.org Petroleum spilled and partially cleaned up at a long-abandoned U.S. Navy base at Cape Hatteras recently reemerged in clumps of peat soil after a storm. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stepped up to take responsibility for the cleanup, even though its source is technically uncertain. But the diesel smell and […]
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Permitting the dredge Miss Katie to do more work in Hatteras Inlet may be delayed
August 17, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak
A relatively low-key meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission, held Monday, Aug. 14 in Buxton, turned testy midway when members learned that permitting the local dredge Miss Katie to do more work in Hatteras Inlet might be delayed until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a new inlet management plan. Commissioners reacted with […]
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Murphy assures Dare board: Corps will do study if funded
August 2, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review
Dare County commissioners voted last month to provide about $1.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a beach nourishment project in Rodanthe, where five oceanfront houses since 2020 have succumbed to the sea, with more still at risk. North Carolina 3rd District Republican Rep. Greg Murphy told the county that the […]
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Waterways Commission hears updates on Hatteras Harbor and Avon Harbor dredging projects
July 14, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak
Outer Banks mariners will see not only a new Coast Guard aid to navigation chief, but there will also be a new 49-foot buoy tender boat patrolling the waterways instead of the 55-foot vessel that had been used to maintain channel markers. Introducing himself at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting on Monday evening in […]
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Climate peril, insurance, sand costs: No easy fix in Rodanthe
July 3, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review | 2
Even with the might of government, it can be difficult to force people to remove their houses that are at risk of falling into the ocean. More and more, it’s also proving to be difficult for homeowners to find property insurance that would adequately cover, or proactively prevent, that risk. But a Federal Insurance Office […]
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