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solutlon, “but It is expensive and "will typically disappear in a decade,"
He noted that bulldozing sand from the lower part of the beach to the upper also
has been tried but said it's not a remedy because '^Bulldozing sand is beach erosion. You
cause erosion by bulldozing the sand," He said groins built perpendicular to the beach
are more detrimental to the recreational beach than bulldozing, but "The worst things you
can do to a beach is to build a sea wall,"
For ocean front homes, Dr, Pilkey said homeowners could install a sand bypass
system to pump sand to an area that is eroding. Another solution "if you are threatened
by shore line erosion is to move the structure," he said. The third approachi "Do
nothing.”
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Town Commissioner Ken Hanan and Flo Garrett, chairman of the Pretty Committee,
attended a hearing at Vest Carteret High School the evening of September 18 to argue
against terminating a proposed third bridge to Bogue Banks in the heart of Pine Knoll
Shores,
ROUTING OF Approximately 100 persons attended the hearing at which Hanan, speaking
3RD BRIDGE Knoll Shores, strongly opposed Alternate A, the
shorter and least costly of three proposals the Department of Transporta-
IS DISCUSSED tion is considering. He said the town favored Alternates B or C which
would have the bridge terminating either east or west of Indian Beach,
Hanan said Alternate A would disrupt the orderly development of the town and
would be a^cJisastrous and detrimental blow to the Roosevelt Natural Area,"
Ms, Garrett told William Garrett, the hearing officer that the Pretty Committee had
voted to oppose Alternate A whose access road, upwards of six lanes wide, would run just
west of town hall and close to the Roosevelt Natural Area to a connection with Salter Path
Road, It would total 3*24 miles in length and would cost an estimated $23,5 million.
Alternate B would be nearly six miles long and would cost about $33*5 million. Alternate
C would total nearly eight miles in length and would cost nearly $35«5 million,
Lockwood B, Phillips of Spooners Creek West said B and C would be more beneficial
to the Town of Morehead City, Doug Fleming, a member of the Carteret County Board of
Commissioners, said the board opposed Alternate A at present.
Some speakers noted that the original plans for Pine Knoll Shores contemplated
the bridge terminating near Town Hall and that originally the name of Pine Knoll Boulevard
was Bridge Boulevard,
Garrett told the group that the Highway Division expects to announce the bridge
location before Christmas but ihaX it would be 8 to 10 years before it could be built.
At its September meeting, the Pine Knoll Association Board of Directors approved
the installation of 300 feet of sand fencing along the dune at Ocean Park, Board members
PKA BOARD expressed the hope adjoining landowners would also Install sand fencing on
their property in the hope that sand will build up along the toe of the dune
APPROVES without harming the beach area,
SAND FENCING Jim Johnson reported on a study he has made concerning shell fishing in the
canal which continues to be watched very carefully,
The board was told that ladders had been installed at Hall Haven and Brock Basin,
Gil Millington said he is continuing to study the park sticker situation with PIKSCO
President Morgan Hammer and hopes to come up with a happy solution.
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