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Nags Head board signals 2026 beach nourishment, issues notice-of-intent to Wicks Marine
Summary
After engineers reported significant fall erosion and modelled hotspot risk, the Nags Head Board of Commissioners authorized staff to issue a notice of intent to award Wicks Marine the 2026 Beach Nourishment Project (base bid $34,934,100 plus two $965,000 alternates) and reviewed financing options combining county aid and town beach fund cash.
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners on Dec. 17 authorized the town manager to issue a notice of intent to award Wicks Marine the 2026 Beach Nourishment Project, including the base bid of $34,934,100 and two additive alternates of $965,000 each, following engineering and financial presentations that emphasized recent erosion and financing options.
Consulting coastal engineer Beth Chaddone of Moffett & Nickel told the board the town's fall monitoring showed an atypically active season with four events above 15-foot wave heights and visible dune scarping. "There's been widespread dune scarfing," Chaddone said, and the monitoring team found an average shoreline recession of about 27 feet across the nourished oceanfront and losses above the minus-14 (NAVD88) trigger that amount to roughly 877,419 cubic yards, reducing the sand available to…
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