Comments on: Why the towns are split on Nags Head’s sand plan

By: Gerald Shekarchi

Gerald Shekarchi — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:06:40 +0000

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By: Pointer Men's Basketball

Pointer Men's Basketball — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:49:39 +0000

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By: Carey Kelley

Carey Kelley — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:27:37 +0000

Has any one that is in opposition walked the beach from NEW pier south.
I have owned for 5 years in Nags Head and am appalled at the condition of this area. You should be ashamed of yourselves to let it get to this. Whenever I heard the words Outer Banks I thought immediatly of Nags Head and beaches, these aren’t beaches they are dumps. Talk about costs how much will it cost to demo the Comfort Inn, the Yatchsman, the Whalebone motel, Owens motel, etc., and how much revenue will be lost there?
I took video today and would love to see what all the folks on YouTube would think of Nags Head. I am in total disbelief that you could even consider letting this continue.
This has gone on for 20 years and and no one has made a decision and the beaches of Nags Head are embarassing.
I had family down and even though they stayed for free, will be going elsewhere because when they attempted to walk the beaches thru all the DEBRIS they ran into motels and ran out of beach since the ocean was all the way to the dunes. I never would have believed that an OCEAN community could allow this. Unbelievable.

By: Butch Stone

Butch Stone — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:19:53 +0000

to Barbara
You are so wrong. When Isabel hit, the road at MP 4 was wiped out, the county brought in trucks and equipment and sand was taken from Beach Rd. at MP 1 to 3 to build that part of the beach back up. Then they dug big holes and put in sand bags 10 feet in the ground. The road was not damaged where the homes were.

By: barbara

barbara — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:31 +0000

to Butch,
All I was saying is IF this were to ever move forward using public taxpayer money, the town (s) need to clearly outlaw these practices, and enforce them. And make sure wash-out lots can not be rebuilt on either. I also disagree with your accusation the “beach pushing” saves the beach road. The section in Kitty Hawk where they bought out those 12 homes has not had a beach push since and a.) the road never floods there any more, the dunes have remained intact. and b.) areas where there are homes continually flood / experience ocean overwash from underneath their houses.
And no, I do not believe the town should pay to remove homes, BUT they could offer some assistance either with tax credits or help offset cost of demolition? I dont know. I do think a buyout program similar to what Kitty Hawk did is very feasible using shoreline management money.

By: Russ Lay

Russ Lay — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:05:09 +0000

Writer’s clarification: Under CAMA these are the rules:
A replacement structure would have to meet the new CAMA setback, minimum 60 feet from the first line of vegetation, or 30 times the annual erosion rate. 60 times if it’s larger than 5,000 square feet.
The dune line would not move east enough, if at all, to allow new sand to become part of a buildable lot. The dry sand beach is privately owned but a public right-of-way and cannot be built upon. Further, lot coverage would preclude large houses in most instances, especially in south Nags Head.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:55:40 +0000

A question my wife posed:
If this goes through and ‘public’ sand is placed on ‘private property,’ she assumed there would also be a moratorium against ever building on that lot.
ie… the owner can’t just take the free ‘land’, immediately rip down their crumbling structure and throw up a 10 bedroom monstrosity all in the name of profit? Or can they?

By: Butch Stone

Butch Stone — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:48:22 +0000

to barbara
The oceanfront owners will not have to push anymore sand after the nourishment. The pushing that they do now saves the homes there but also saves Beach Rd.
Yes everyone would like the insurance to pay for removal and pay the mortgage off, but it’s not going to happen. So you think the town should pay for removal? How about the hotels, like Comfort Inn? Should we let them fall in the ocean too?
How much tax income would that hotel alone bring in for Nags Head?

By: barbara

barbara — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:20 +0000

I personally think the bulldozers / beach pushes / sand bags are causing the expedited erosion in SNH. They are making a steeper, narrowing beach by doing this. I also feel if one grain of sand is pumped on the beach, there better be laws in place preventing homeowners from bulldozing it up on their house. And it better be enforced on the weekends, too. You walk that beach every Sat. or Sun. and there is at least one bulldozer out, probably because they know no town officials are working.
If the public is expected to pay for it, then we should be able to prevent owners from bulldozing the public sand. If homes are in the water line, the Town should be able to remove them before they become a major safety hazard and remove them. I do think the insurance should cover the removal. That would prevent the safety and environmental hazards of allowing the structure to fall into the ocean, litter and cause injuries later.

By: Butch Stone

Butch Stone — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:49 +0000

If you dont have a bulldozer or bobcat,
Oceanfront owners pay between 500.00 to 1000.00 or more a year, bringing in sand or to do beach pushes anyway.

This also helps save Beach Road from being washed away.