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Nags Head installing drain fields under beach accesses; Bonnet Street lot to be redone in 1–2 years
Summary
Town officials said they have installed a drain field under a southern beach access to collect and pump stormwater during heavy rains and plan to redo the Bonnet Street parking lot within one to two years to include a similar drain-field installation.
Presenter described a stormwater-management approach that uses beach-access parking areas and dune-space to collect and pump storm water during heavy rains. “We actually just used the beach access in the southern part of town and installed a drain field under the dune into which we're able to collect and pump storm water, when we have heavy rains,” the Presenter said.
The Presenter said the Bonnet Street parking lot will be redone in the next year or two and “will also have a drain field installed under it so that we can move storm water from a flood prone area and be able to use the facility that we already have for an innovative purpose.” Facilities maintenance staff earlier described routine upkeep but did not provide technical drainage specifications or funding sources.
Why it matters: retrofitting beach-access parking areas with drain fields can help manage stormwater in a low-lying, narrow coastal town where flooding risks are seasonal. The transcript does not specify the engineering design, capacity, permitting status or cost of the drain-field installations, nor does it identify external funders or regulatory approvals.
No formal votes or contract approvals were recorded; the exchange described an operational pilot and a planned parking-lot retrofit to be completed within an estimated one-to-two-year timeframe.
