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Dare County public comment urges immediate reconstruction of historical groins; county staff cite permitting limits
Summary
At the Dec. 1 Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting, public speakers and the chair urged action to stabilize NC Highway 12 and rebuild three historical groins; county staff and commissioners said statutory and permitting constraints and a 50% repair rule limit immediate reconstruction and that only one groin repair application is currently before state agencies.
Chair Robert L. “Bob” Woodard told the board he had written to state and federal lawmakers seeking help for severe shoreline erosion on Hatteras Island and to address persistent closures of North Carolina Highway 12.
During the public-comment period Christine Drummond urged the board to move immediately to reconstruct three Navy-built groins at the Floods (FUD) site and cited state statutes and administrative rules to back her position. “This is not debatable. It is the law,” she said, arguing that North Carolina statutes allow reconstruction of historically existing erosion-control structures and that 15A NCAC 07H authorizes emergency erosion-control…
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