Posts Tagged "Jetties"


Ask voters before funding jetties, two groups say

Two unlikely partners are calling for referendums before towns or counties can pay for terminal groins, or jetties, at coastal inlets.
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Terminal groin legislation stalls once again

Legislation that would have allowed terminal groins, or jetties, under limited circumstances has again stalled in the General Assembly.
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KDH backs swift passage of jetty legislation

The Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners has endorsed a resolution urging the General Assembly to pass legislation this year to allow exceptions to a longtime ban on terminal groins, which are sometimes referred to as jetties.
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Study on jetties “bloated,” Coastal Federation says

The North Carolina Coastal Federation calls a draft study on terminal groins that was mandated by the General Assembly a “bloated” document that does little to settle the debate over the structures.