No high-speed ferry exists today that could safely carry millions of vehicles a year across the heavily shoaled Oregon Inlet and Pamlico Sound, according to a new transportation report released late last month. And even if engineering a shallow-draft, high-capacity ferry were possible, it said, the cost would be prohibitive. In response to renewed public […]
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The state’s new transportation secretary backs the Bonner Bridge project, but he is not so sure about the Mid-Currituck Bridge. He also doesn’t favor a ferry solution for Oregon Inlet, but he’s willing to consider it in Currituck. Some might take it as a good sign that Anthony J. “Tony” Tata, appointed last month to […]
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Land-based wind power projects in Beaufort and Pasquotank counties are still in the works, despite considerable challenges that have raised doubts about their future. Progress on a third wind project in Eastern North Carolina that has not been approved yet by the state has also stalled, and there is a new proposal to build an […]
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Piles of debris lining Highway 12 through Rodanthe will be carted off by Dare County, but county officials say that the remains of houses scattered up and down the beach must be removed by the property owners. A house at the end of Dean Avenue fell into the ocean on Dec. 30 and was still […]
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Back in the 1970s, no one thought twice of removing anything off of sunken World War II U-boats, from brass plaques to crew journals to torpedo hatches. To this day, a treasure trove of historic items salvaged from U-boats sunk off the Outer Banks is safely stashed away in the private homes of divers. And […]
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Twenty-five years after the first captive-bred red wolves were released into the swamps and pine forest of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, the success of the Red Wolf Recovery Program is intertwined in an uneasy relationship with the wolf’s close cousin, the coyote. The wolves were declared extinct in 1980, but now 100 to 120 of […]
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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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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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Piled-up sand on the road on the south end of the bridge, he said, prevented him from driving further south on N.C. 12 to inspect the temporary truss bridge over the new inlet in Pea Island that was opened up last August during Hurricane Irene. A DOT road crew on Sunday had reported seeing scouring […]
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