Tuesday, December 11, 2018
By Outer Banks Voice on December 2, 2018
Parking will be incorporated into Schooner E.S. Newman Drive that looped inside the old USCG housing complex. (NPS/OBV/Google)
Five years after being first proposed, a new beach access at the former Coast Guard station in Buxton will be discussed in a meeting planned for Wednesday by the National Park Service.
The 50-vehicle lot proposed for the end of Old Lighthouse Road will include a handicap-accessible boardwalk and is one of 29 projects planned in Cape Hatteras National Seashore back in 2013.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. at the Fessenden Center Annex Building, 47017 Buxton Back Road in Buxton.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac and other National Park Service staff will be available to answer questions.
Join the discussion:
The Kitty Hawk Town Council has chosen Tina Tice to replace Councilman Ervin Batemen, who won a seat on the Dare County Board of Commissioners last month. Tice’s family owns John’s Drive-in and OBX Housing.
The Nags Head ordinance requires concierge services to obtain permits to place tents and umbrellas on the beach. The equipment must be placed a minimum of 50 feet from public accesses and lifeguard stands.
The first paper simulated how 15 historically destructive hurricanes across the globe would have developed in different scenarios: pre-industrial, modern and three potential late-21st century climates.
