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Buxton residents press Dare County for clearer debris plan as Highway 12 keeps failing
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Buxton residents told the Dare County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 that repeated collapses and wash‑outs along Highway 12 amount to a local disaster and need a different, more proactive response than standard hurricane cleanup.
Buxton residents told the Dare County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 that the repeated collapses and wash‑outs along Highway 12 amount to a local disaster and need a different, more proactive response than standard hurricane cleanup.
At the podium, Buxton homeowner Betsy Gwen described multiple houses falling into the surf and an inconsistent cleanup effort that left debris under houses and between lots. “It is a circus without a ringleader,” Gwen said, urging the county to assign a boots‑on‑the‑ground coordinator who knows contractors and the neighborhoods.
Brett Marley, another Buxton resident, told commissioners 15 houses have been lost in…
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