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Residents and commissioners spar over options to stabilize eroding NC 12; expert public comment urges immediate reconstruction of historic groins
Summary
At the Dec. 1 Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting, resident Christine Drummond urged immediate reconstruction of three historic groins to stabilize North Carolina Highway 12, citing state statutes and administrative rules; county staff said permitting, a 50% repair rule and funding constraints limited options and that agencies are reviewing a single-groin application.
Christine Drummond told the Dare County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 1 that portions of North Carolina Highway 12 and nearby shoreline communities face accelerating erosion and urged the county to pursue immediate reconstruction of three Navy-built groins at the FUD site.
Drummond asserted a legal pathway to rebuild the groins, saying the law allows restoration of historically existing erosion-control structures. “Under GS 1 13 a through 1 15.114 N.C., erosion control structures that historically existed and served a public purpose may be reconstructed or replaced within their original footprint,” she told the board, and she urged a formal board resolution, joint…
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