Posts in "Beach nourishment"
Dredge expected to start pumping sand this week
Two weeks ahead of schedule, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. is expected to start pumping sand onto Nags Head’s beach this week.
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Tax hikes would raise $4.35 million for sand project
Proposed town tax increases would raise a little more than half of the $4.35 million needed to start paying off the debt on Nags Head’s beach nourishment project.
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Counterpoint: Nourishment is the best alternative
Timothy W. Kana, director of Nags Head’s beach nourishment project, disputes contentions by coastal scientist Stan Riggs that it is a losing bet.
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Nourishment is officially a go for Nags Head
Other than the weather or equipment failure, no more obstacles appear to be in the way of Nags Head moving forward with pumping sand onto 10 miles of beach.
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Scientists are not so bullish on nourishment
ECU Coastal geologist Stan Riggs doesn’t believe Nags Head’s beach nourishment project has much, if any, chance of being successful.
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AG addresses question on nourishment
Beach nourishment money can be used to move or tear down houses that are blocking the beach, an attorney general’s opinion says.
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OK for jetties more likely, effect here less certain
Legislation to allow construction of terminal groins has a good chance of making more headway in the General Assembly this year.
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Dredges could finish sand project in four months
Nags Head is moving toward sealing a deal with a company that says it can pump 4.6 million cubic yards of sand onto 10 miles of beach in four months.
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Low sand bid is $2 million under town’s budget
Nags Head entered uncharted waters Tuesday when it opened bids for its long-envisioned 10-mile beach nourishment project.
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Sand fatigue
Nags Head’s Board of Commissioners could build a ton of political goodwill if it would just put the brakes on beach nourishment.
Expanded use of 1 percent tax should be restored
Regional cooperation took it on the chin once more when it was revealed that an addition of 1 percent to the occupancy tax might be limited to beach nourishment projects.
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Lonely house casts a shadow on beach funding
A cottage called Pelican’s Perch is at the center of a test of wills — and legal language — on how to use money intended for beach nourishment.
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